Entergy Corporation (ETR)

In the past six months, Entergy's stock price has seen significant positive movement. As of June 20, 2025, the share price was $80.95, representing a 53.01% increase from $52.90 on June 21, 2024. The stock was up 8.81% over the last six months as of June 27, 2025, and had a robust 43.3% gain in the six months leading up to February 14, 2025. Entergy's stock reached an all-time high of $84.31 on February 14, 2025. Keybanc upgraded its outlook for Entergy from "Sector Weight" to "Overweight" on May 14, 2025, and Raymond James initiated coverage with a "Market Perform" recommendation on June 13, 2025. In 2024, Entergy implemented a 2-for-1 stock split and increased its quarterly dividend by approximately 6%, having raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. On February 14, 2025, Entergy settled an SEC internal accounting controls violation for a $12 million penalty. Entergy is significantly increasing its capital investments to modernize infrastructure and improve grid resilience, with MISO approving $1.7 billion of capital projects for Entergy utilities, strategically positioning itself to meet increased demand from robust industrial growth.

Demand for Entergy's products and services exhibits seasonality, primarily driven by air conditioner usage in its service territories, indicating higher demand during warmer periods. Warmer-than-normal winters have historically led to lowered demand for electricity in these regions, impacting sales.

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company primarily involved in electric power production and retail distribution. The company operates within the Utilities sector, specifically in the Electric Utilities and Regulated Electric industries. Entergy generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power, and also has a presence in natural gas distribution. Its diverse portfolio of power generation resources includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, hydro, solar, and oil. Additionally, Entergy provides operations, maintenance, and decommissioning services for nuclear power generation facilities, serving approximately 3 million customers.

Entergy's primary geographic footprint spans the southern United States, specifically across portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, including the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The company also owns and operates nuclear plants in the northern U.S.

Entergy has a strong brand reputation and is recognized as a national leader in sustainability and corporate citizenship. In 2024, Entergy ranked in the top 100 companies out of nearly 1,000 largest publicly traded U.S. companies evaluated by JUST Capital and CNBC's JUST 100 Ranking and is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index. In 2024, Entergy's corporate social responsibility initiatives generated an economic impact of over $153 million, with employees contributing more than 122,000 hours of volunteer service. The company's Impact 59 program awarded $3.5 million in grants to local nonprofits, and Entergy has committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Entergy Corporation has significant institutional ownership, with 2,054 institutional owners and shareholders holding a total of 516,967,673 shares. Institutional investors own over 50% of the company, with some sources indicating around 89%. Major institutional owners include Vanguard Group Inc, BlackRock, Inc., and State Street Corp. Individual insider ownership of Entergy Corporation is under 1% of the company.