Evergy, Inc. (EVRG) earnings on May 7, 2026
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
EVRG's stock price climbed after its earnings report. The positive move was supported by strong results and confirmed future financial targets.
EVRG price around the earnings
82.73
Change: +2.1%
2026-05-07, 20:55 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
Improving outlook, price may climb.
Experts see a positive shift as the company recently beat earnings and sales estimates, while affirming future financial guidance. This contrasts with a previously weak earnings history.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts cautious — risk outweighs reward.
- Reasoning
- Analysts are cautious about Evergy due to its weak earnings history and a recent significant miss. The stock is also underperforming the market, suggesting potential headwinds.
- Playbook
- Given the weak earnings trend and underperformance, the scenario remains pessimistic until a clear turnaround is evident.
- Trend
- Modest underperformance vs market, weak earnings history, recent miss.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Negative
While some analysts maintain a positive rating, they have lowered their future price expectations, indicating growing caution.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2
- Analysts covering the stock
- 12
- Average price target
- 90.38
- Lowest price target
- 80
- Highest price target
- 99
- Upside to price target
- 11.5%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 7.8%
- Revenue growth
- 6.6%
- Forward EPS
- 4.54
- Trailing EPS
- 3.66
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 2
- Strong buy: 2
- Buy: 6
- Hold: 6
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 2
- Buy
- 6
- Hold
- 6
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 14, 2026 · B of A Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- March 9, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Neutral
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (1)
- B of A Securities Maintains Buy on Evergy, Lowers Price Target to $88 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock's recent performance is significantly lagging behind the broader market's gains.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 1.6%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -4.9%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -1.5%
- 30-day change
- +1.5%
- 30-day relative strength
- -10.6%
- Benchmark change
- +12.0%
- Nearest support
- 79.21
- Nearest resistance
- 85.27
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.89
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- -9.8%
- February 19, 2026: actual EPS 0.42 vs estimate 0.55 (surprise -24.3%)
- November 6, 2025: actual EPS 2.03 vs estimate 2.06 (surprise -1.4%)
- August 7, 2025: actual EPS 0.82 vs estimate 0.77 (surprise +6.0%)
- May 8, 2025: actual EPS 0.54 vs estimate 0.67 (surprise -19.6%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Negative
The company has a poor track record of earnings, often missing expectations, including a recent large shortfall.
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 0.7%
- 75th percentile move
- 1.8%
- 90th percentile move
- 2.4%
- Up / down moves
- 6 / 13
- Average up move
- +1.6%
- Average down move
- -1.0%
Monitoring and close
What Evergy, Inc. reported
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Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- +2.1%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 2.9%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 0%