Eversource Energy (ES) earnings on July 30, 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
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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%
News
Sources (3)
- Live On CNBC, Josh Brown Host Segment Titled “Josh’s Best Stock Spotlight: Eversource Energy" (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- BMO Capital Maintains Market Perform on Eversource Energy, Lowers Price Target to $72 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Eversource Energy, Raises Price Target to $76 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
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 EPS | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 0.9 |
| 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)
- Eversource Energy (ES) Misses Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- UPDATE: Eversource Energy Q2 Adj. EPS $0.87 Misses $0.90 Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) Shares Fall After Q2 Earnings and Revenue Miss (opens in a new tab) — ChartMill
- Eversource Energy Affirms FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance of $4.57-$4.72 vs $4.64 Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Eversource Energy posted EPS of $0.14, missing the $0.90 estimate, and revenue of $2.903B, below the $3.009B forecast. — Benzinga
- Eversource Energy Q2 EPS $0.14 Misses $0.90 Estimate, Sales $2.903B Miss $3.009B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Eversource Energy Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
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%