Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Emera FY2025 Earnings

Emera Incorporated (TSE:EMA) – Raymond James upped their FY2025 EPS estimates for Emera in a report released on Sunday, February 23rd. Raymond James analyst T. Genzebu now forecasts that the company will earn $3.23 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $3.22. The consensus estimate for Emera’s current full-year earnings is $3.20 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Emera’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS.

EMA has been the topic of several other reports. CIBC boosted their price objective on Emera from C$58.00 to C$59.00 in a research report on Monday. National Bankshares boosted their price target on Emera from C$54.00 to C$55.00 in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Bank of America raised shares of Emera from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from C$55.00 to C$57.00 in a report on Monday, November 25th. Cibc World Mkts raised shares of Emera from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 2nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Emera from C$51.00 to C$56.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$58.10.

Emera Trading Up 1.4 %

Shares of Emera stock opened at C$58.10 on Tuesday. Emera has a fifty-two week low of C$44.13 and a fifty-two week high of C$58.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 150.23, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.72. The company has a market capitalization of C$17.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.52, a P/E/G ratio of 6.20 and a beta of 0.35. The company has a fifty day moving average of C$54.65 and a 200 day moving average of C$52.88.

Emera Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th were paid a dividend of $0.725 per share. This represents a $2.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.99%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 31st. Emera’s payout ratio is 112.40%.

About Emera

Emera Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity to various customers. The company operates through Florida Electric Utility, Canadian Electric Utilities, Other Electric Utilities, Gas Utilities and Infrastructure, and Other segments.