Entergy Corporation · ETR · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026

Entergy leans on data-center demand and a larger capital plan

The call supports a constructive long-term growth case for Entergy: management tied signed data-center and industrial demand to expanding generation, transmission, and rate-base investment. The thesis remains dependent on contract protections, regulatory recovery, and disciplined execution of the larger capital program.

Reported Before market openNYSEUtilities $46.32B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.51 Consensus $0.52
EPS surprise -2.3% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $2.96B Consensus $2.78B
Revenue surprise +6.5% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +1.8% Event window
SPY move -1.5% Same window
Abnormal move +3.3% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.9× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +3.6% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Management maintained its outlook while emphasizing a $43 billion five-year capital plan, rising data-center and industrial load, additional generation projects, and the proposed Cottonwood Generating Station acquisition. The discussion also sharpened attention on ESA protections, rate cases, and execution risks.

Guidance delta

Management maintained its outlook, including more than 8% annual EPS growth through 2029.

Key takeaways

  • Management identified signed data-center ESAs, industrial demand, and new generation projects as core growth drivers.
  • The five-year capital plan increased to $43 billion, with $11.6 billion slated for 2026.
  • Regulatory initiatives and rate-case activity are intended to support project approvals and rate-base recovery.
  • The call highlighted strong credit metrics and continued emphasis on low customer electricity rates.

Management priorities

  • Add generation and transmission capacity for data-center and industrial load.
  • Advance gas, solar, battery, and nuclear projects across the Gulf South.
  • Pursue rate cases and expedited approval mechanisms in key service territories.
  • Maintain ESA protections, customer affordability, and credit strength.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
ETR EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $0.55 Q4 '23 actual $0.52, miss Q1 '24 estimate $1.43 Q1 '24 actual $1.08, miss Q2 '24 estimate $1.76 Q2 '24 actual $1.92, beat Q3 '24 estimate $2.97 Q3 '24 actual $2.99, beat Q2 '25 estimate $0.91 Q2 '25 actual $1.05, beat Q3 '25 estimate $1.43 Q3 '25 actual $1.53, beat Q4 '25 estimate $0.52 Q4 '25 actual $0.51, miss Q1 '26 estimate $0.84 Q1 '26 actual $0.86, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.01 Q2 '26 actual $1.03, beat Q3 '26 estimate $1.67 Q4 '26 estimate $0.84 Q1 '27 estimate $0.95
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy30 ratings
Bullish1963.3%
Neutral1136.7%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$99.26Previous close
$93Low
$116.39Average
$140High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 1, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainSep 18, 2026
Evercore ISI Group Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 17, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainAug 13, 2026
BMO Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 22, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 16, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $99.26. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Morgan StanleyDavid Arcaro$105$107.02 +5.8%Aug 21, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$128$107.84 +29.0%Aug 17, 2026
Truist FinancialRichard Sunderland$122$107.16 +22.9%Aug 13, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$109$114.6 +9.8%Jul 22, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$123$111.46 +23.9%Jun 10, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Entergy Corporation, headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a prominent American energy company primarily involved in generating and distributing electricity across the United States. Its operations are divided into two main divisions: Utility and Entergy Wholesale Commodities. The Utility division manages the end-to-end process of generating, transmitting, distributing, and selling electricity. This service covers specific regions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, including the metropolitan area of New Orleans, providing electricity to 3 million utility customers in these states. Additionally, this segment handles natural gas distribution.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:36:15.940040+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-01T09:46:02.244590+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-01T09:46:02.241651+00:00

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