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Evergy, Inc. (EVRG)

Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Electric | Kansas City, United States | NasdaqGS
80.65 USD -0.77 (-0.946%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 80.30 -0.35 (-0.350%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:51 a.m. EDT

Evergy presents a classic utility dilemma: robust earnings growth and a generous dividend, weighed against a heavy debt load and sluggish revenue expansion. While the stock trades below its 50-day moving average, suggesting technical weakness, the options market is pricing in a near-term upside case, evidenced by the overwhelming open interest in out-of-the-money calls for September expiration. Long-term, the company benefits from a 33% price appreciation over the past nine years and a 23% earnings surge, yet the high leverage and negative free cash flow prevent it from being a top-tier compounder. The dividend remains a reliable income stream with a manageable payout ratio, making it suitable for income-focused portfolios seeking stability over explosive growth.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.031523
AutoTheta0.035998
MSTL0.047273
AutoETS0.049205

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 54%
H-stat 7.09
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.185
Excess Kurtosis -1.33
Attribute Value
Sector Utilities
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-17
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 160.554
Revenue per Share 26.415
Market Cap 18,595,241,984
Trailing P/E 20.68
Forward P/E 17.67
Beta 0.52
Profit Margins 15.19%
Website https://investors.evergy.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:51 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside in the near term, with September 2026 calls showing a 97% open interest skew toward out-of-the-money strikes. December 2026 activity is more balanced with heavier in-the-money volume, suggesting hedging or long-term positioning. Implied volatility is elevated for near-term expirations, indicating anticipation of price movement.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.83% 3.43% 4.08% 3.98%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-18 0.6950 0.833134
2026-05-22 0.6950 0.827972
2026-03-10 0.6950 0.848285
2025-11-21 0.6950 0.916282
2025-08-22 0.6680 0.923928
2025-05-23 0.6680 1.015198
2025-03-10 0.6680 1.026745
2024-11-21 0.6680 1.034696
2024-08-20 0.6430 1.111495
2024-05-17 0.6430 1.166757
2024-03-08 0.6430 1.247091
2023-11-21 0.6430 1.280876
2023-08-18 0.6130 1.086879
2023-05-18 0.6130 1.034774
2023-03-08 0.6130 1.042517
2022-11-17 0.6130 1.053446
2022-08-18 0.5730 0.807725
2022-05-19 0.5730 0.859071
2022-03-04 0.5730 0.899529
2021-11-18 0.5730 0.880590
2021-08-19 0.5350 0.779883
2021-05-20 0.5350 0.864297
2021-03-05 0.5350 0.966576
2020-11-19 0.5350 0.996461
2020-08-19 0.5050 0.980392
2020-05-19 0.5050 0.874610
2020-03-06 0.5050 0.723081
2019-11-26 0.5050 0.795276
2019-08-29 0.4750 0.733364
2019-05-29 0.4750 0.819531
2019-03-01 0.4750 0.863166
2018-11-28 0.4750 0.803315
2018-08-28 0.4600 0.808436
2018-05-29 0.4000 0.711744
2018-03-08 0.4000 0.807265
2017-12-07 0.4000 0.709094
2017-09-07 0.4000 0.791609
2017-06-07 0.4000 0.750610
2017-03-07 0.4000 0.734214
2016-12-07 0.3800 0.666901
2016-09-07 0.3800 0.690658
2016-06-07 0.3800 0.682594
2016-03-07 0.3800 0.872961
2015-12-07 0.3600 0.865177
2015-09-04 0.3600 1.027104
2015-06-05 0.3600 1.045904
2015-03-05 0.3600 0.946621
2014-12-05 0.3500 0.900901
2014-09-05 0.3500 0.958117
2014-06-05 0.3500 0.965784
2014-03-06 0.3500 1.033058
2013-12-05 0.3400 1.075949
2013-09-05 0.3400 1.132956
2013-06-05 0.3400 1.103538
2013-03-07 0.3400 1.074250
2012-12-05 0.3300 1.157489
2012-09-05 0.3300 1.131299
2012-06-06 0.3300 1.130524
2012-03-07 0.3300 1.196953
2011-12-07 0.3200 1.176471
2011-09-07 0.3200 1.249512
2011-06-07 0.3200 1.217656
2011-03-07 0.3200 1.239349
2010-12-07 0.3100 1.253538
2010-09-07 0.3100 1.293823
2010-06-07 0.3100 1.465028
2010-03-05 0.3100 1.420064
2009-12-07 0.3000 1.421127
2009-09-04 0.3000 1.488095
2009-06-05 0.3000 1.651073
2009-03-05 0.3000 2.006689
2008-12-05 0.2900 1.493306
2008-09-05 0.2900 1.332108
2008-06-05 0.2900 1.205320
2008-03-05 0.2900 1.280353
2007-12-05 0.2700 1.041667
2007-09-05 0.2700 1.112943
2007-06-06 0.2700 1.035276
2007-03-07 0.2700 1.023891
2006-12-06 0.2500 0.944822
2006-09-06 0.2500 1.066098
2006-06-07 0.2500 1.167679
2006-03-07 0.2500 1.189343
2005-12-07 0.2300 1.027703
2005-09-07 0.2300 0.940695
2005-06-07 0.2300 0.987124
2005-03-07 0.2300 0.991379
2004-12-07 0.2300 1.040253
2004-09-07 0.1900 0.907354
2004-06-07 0.1900 0.976362
2004-03-05 0.1900 0.947631
2003-12-05 0.1900 0.974859
2003-09-05 0.1900 1.055556
2003-06-05 0.1900 1.182327
2003-03-05 0.1900 1.553557
2002-12-05 0.3000 2.586207
2002-09-05 0.3000 2.640845
2002-06-05 0.3000 1.865672
2002-03-06 0.3000 1.709402
2001-12-05 0.3000 1.758499
2001-09-05 0.3000 1.626016
2001-06-06 0.3000 1.445087
2001-03-07 0.3000 1.214575
2000-12-06 0.3000 1.286863
2000-09-06 0.3000 1.490683
2000-06-07 0.3000 1.912351
2000-03-07 0.5350 3.194030
1999-12-07 0.5350 2.911565
1999-09-07 0.5350 2.371191
1999-06-07 0.5350 1.941043
1999-03-05 0.5350 1.910714
1998-12-07 0.5350 1.512367
1998-09-04 0.5350 1.385113
1998-06-05 0.5350 1.373997
1998-03-05 0.5350 1.304878
1997-12-05 0.5250 1.363636
1997-09-02 0.5250 1.567164
1997-06-04 0.5250 1.647059
1997-02-28 0.5250 1.735537
1996-12-02 0.5150 1.681633
1996-08-30 0.5150 1.753191
1996-05-31 0.5150 1.775862
1996-02-29 0.5150 1.609375
1995-12-01 0.5050 1.603175
1995-08-31 0.5050 1.669421
1995-05-30 0.5050 1.616000
1995-02-28 0.5050 1.590551
1994-11-30 0.4950 1.760000
1994-08-30 0.4950 1.729258
1994-05-27 0.4950 1.744493
1994-02-28 0.4950 1.622951
1993-11-30 0.4850 1.431734
1993-08-30 0.4850 1.324232
1993-05-27 0.4850 1.416058
1993-02-26 0.4850 1.390681
1992-11-30 0.4750 1.551020
1992-08-31 0.4750 1.589958
1992-05-28 0.4750 1.818182
1992-02-27 0.4750 1.767442
1991-08-28 0.4650 1.788462
1991-05-28 0.4650 1.947644
1991-02-26 0.4650 2.032787
1991-01-22 0.1800 0.818182
1990-11-28 0.4500 2.181818
1990-08-28 0.4500 2.105263
1990-05-29 0.4500 2.033898
1990-02-27 0.4500 2.022472
1989-11-28 0.4400 1.842932
1989-08-29 0.4400 1.842932
1989-05-30 0.4400 1.862434
1989-02-28 0.4400 2.000000
1988-11-29 0.4300 1.869565
1988-08-30 0.4300 1.829787
1988-05-25 0.4300 1.810526
1988-02-25 0.4300 1.686275
1987-12-01 0.4120 1.781622
1987-08-26 0.4120 1.592271
1987-06-01 0.4130 1.635644
1987-02-24 0.4125 1.496599
1986-12-01 0.3950 1.401330
1973-02-28 0.1850 1.465347
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.78
dividendYield 3.41
exDividendDate 2026-08-18
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.753
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.033812333
lastDividendValue 0.695
lastDividendDate 2026-08-18
dividendDate 2026-09-18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.14241612
Address1 1,200 Main Street
All Time High 88.62
All Time Low 7.25
Ask 85.14
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,874,910
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,042,388
Average Volume 2,042,388
Average Volume10Days 1,874,910
Beta 0.515
Bid 76.8
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 4
Book Value 44.34
City Kansas City
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 80.65
Current Ratio 0.359
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 81.83
Day Low 80.48
Debt To Equity 160.554
Display Name Evergy
Dividend Date 1,789,689,600
Dividend Rate 2.78
Dividend Yield 3.41
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,021,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,021,200
Earnings Growth 0.23
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.255
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,881,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,881,800
Ebitda 2,840,399,872
Ebitda Margins 0.46611
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.366
Enterprise To Revenue 5.764
Enterprise Value 35,124,142,080
Eps Current Year 4.25934
Eps Forward 4.56503
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.9
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,011,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 84.5366
Fifty Day Average Change -3.8865967
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.045975313
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 14.2416115
Fifty Two Week High 88.62
Fifty Two Week High Change -7.970001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.089934565
Fifty Two Week Low 70.42
Fifty Two Week Low Change 10.230003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.14527129
Fifty Two Week Range 70.42 - 88.62
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 99,153,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.88
Float Shares 229,225,271
Forward Eps 4.56503
Forward P E 17.666916
Free Cashflow -1,443,362,560
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 4,691
Fullday Change -0.769997
Fullday Change Percent -0.945709
Fullday Price 80.3
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.52696997
Gross Profits 3,211,300,096
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0018799999
Held Percent Institutions 0.96671
Implied Shares Outstanding 230,567,172
Industry Utilities - Regulated Electric
Industry Disp Utilities - Regulated Electric
Industry Key utilities-regulated-electric
Ipo Expected Date 2,022-12-28
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,011,200
Last Dividend Value 0.695
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 548,640,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Evergy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the United States. The company generates electricity through coal, landfill gas, uranium, and natural gas and oil sources, as well as solar, wind, and other renewable sources. It serves residences, commercial firms, industrials, municipalities, and other electric utilities. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
Long Name Evergy, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 18,595,241,984
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_283024
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 925,800,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 18,775,084,815
Number Of Analyst Opinions 11
Open 81.83
Operating Cashflow 1,982,800,000
Operating Margins 0.25238
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.7004
Peg Ratio 2.24
Phone 816 556 2200
Post Market Change -0.34999847
Post Market Change Percent -0.43397206
Post Market Price 80.3
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 81.42
Price Eps Current Year 18.93486
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.8188994
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.051452
Profit Margins 0.15192
Quick Ratio 0.074
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.92308
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.769997
Regular Market Change Percent -0.945709
Regular Market Day High 81.83
Regular Market Day Low 80.48
Regular Market Day Range 80.48 - 81.83
Regular Market Open 81.83
Regular Market Previous Close 81.42
Regular Market Price 80.65
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 1,448,127
Return On Assets 0.02908
Return On Equity 0.092539996
Revenue Growth 0.044
Revenue Per Share 26.415
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Utilities
Sector Disp Utilities
Sector Key utilities
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 230,567,172
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0754
Shares Short 17,384,932
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 18,325,353
Short Name Evergy, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.088999994
Short Ratio 9.09
Source Interval 15
State MO
Symbol EVRG
Target High Price 103.0
Target Low Price 80.0
Target Mean Price 91.95455
Target Median Price 92.0
Total Cash 21,800,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.095
Total Debt 16,497,999,872
Total Revenue 6,093,899,776
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.753
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.033812333
Trailing Eps 3.9
Trailing P E 20.679487
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.2384
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 80.51145
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.1385498
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0017208707
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,448,127
Website https://investors.evergy.com
Zip 64,105