Wells Fargo Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Public Service Enterprise (PEG)
Wells Fargo analyst Shahriar Pourreza maintained a Buy rating on Public Service Enterprise on May 14 and set a price target of $103.00. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $77.75.
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According to TipRanks, Pourreza is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 7.6% and a 63.49% success rate. Pourreza covers the Utilities sector, focusing on stocks such as Sempra Energy, Eversource Energy, and Pinnacle West Capital.
In addition to Wells Fargo, Public Service Enterprise also received a Buy from BTIG’s Alex Kania in a report issued on May 6. However, on May 7, BMO Capital maintained a Hold rating on Public Service Enterprise (NYSE: PEG).
Based on Public Service Enterprise’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $3.85 billion and a net profit of $741 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $3.22 billion and had a net profit of $589 million
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 57 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of PEG in relation to earlier this year. Earlier this month, Ralph Larossa, the Chair, President and CEO of PEG sold 2,083.00 shares for a total of $169,139.60.
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