Eversource Energy (ES) earnings on July 30, 2026

After the market closes Q2 2026

More Eversource Energy earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed

The stock opened higher but reversed to close 3.05% lower, even though recent earnings reports had beaten expectations.

ES price around the earnings

71.59

Change: -3.0%

2026-07-31, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
71.34 72.26 73.19 74.11 73.84
Price series around the eventClosing price per minute from before the event to the end of the measured window.No trading (market closed)
July 30, 2026 July 31, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed

Thesis published
Results released

Consistent earnings beats and moderate positive trend strength, but analysts remain cautious with a slightly optimistic scenario.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Consistent earnings beats and moderate positive trend strength, but analysts remain cautious with a slightly optimistic scenario.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Hold
Consensus average (1-5)
2.76
Analysts covering the stock
13
Average price target
74.08
Lowest price target
52
Highest price target
85
Upside to price target
0.4%
Quarterly earnings growth
10.2%
Revenue growth
9.4%
Forward EPS
4.91
Trailing EPS
4.67
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
3
  • Strong buy: 0
  • Buy: 4
  • Hold: 10
  • Sell: 1
  • Strong sell: 2
Strong buy
0
Buy
4
Hold
10
Sell
1
Strong sell
2
  • July 22, 2026 · BMO Capital: Maintains rating (Market Perform → Market Perform)
  • July 2, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
  • June 11, 2026 · Argus Research: Downgrades rating (Buy → Hold)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Neutral
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
74.78
Average true range (ATR)
1.9%
Distance to 52-week high
-2.1%
14-day change (14d)
+1.3%
30-day change (30d)
+1.4%
30-day relative strength
+2.9%
SPY change (30d)
-1.5%
Nearest support
74.66
Distance to nearest support
0.2%
Nearest resistance
75.2
Distance to nearest resistance
0.6%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.65
  • Major: 74.66 (0.2% away, 0.09 ATR, 40 touches)
  • Major: 74.1 (0.9% away, 0.49 ATR, 30 touches)
  • Major: 73.71 (1.4% away, 0.77 ATR, 20 touches)
  • Mid: 75.2 (0.6% away, 0.31 ATR, 18 touches)
  • Mid: 75.49 (1% away, 0.52 ATR, 17 touches)
  • Mid: 76.11 (1.8% away, 0.96 ATR, 14 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+3.1%
  • May 6, 2026: actual EPS 1.73 vs estimate 1.63 (surprise +6.2%)
  • February 12, 2026: actual EPS 1.12 vs estimate 1.1 (surprise +1.6%)
  • November 4, 2025: actual EPS 1.19 vs estimate 1.15 (surprise +3.6%)
  • July 31, 2025: actual EPS 0.96 vs estimate 0.95 (surprise +1.0%)

Expected move

Implied move
+1.2%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
1.6%
75th percentile move
2.2%
90th percentile move
3%
Up / down moves
7 / 13
Average up move
+2.2%
Average down move
-1.3%

Monitoring and close

What Eversource Energy reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS0.14
EPS estimate0.9
EPS surprise-84.4%
Revenue$2,903 million
Revenue estimate$3,009 million
Revenue surprise-3.5%

Eversource Energy reported second-quarter earnings and revenue below estimates, with one-time charges impacting results. The company affirmed its 2026 adjusted EPS guidance.

Sources (7)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Missed expectations

Heading into the open, results came in below expectations on both earnings and revenue, and the price is indicating -1.0% pre-market, a move in line with the stock's usual reaction (about 2%). The figures don't confirm the prior scenario: the comparable cases aren't consistent enough.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Missed
Consolidated
-3.0%
Max favorable move (MFE)
0.2%
Max adverse move (MAE)
3.4%