Why does ES lag the market?
Up 2% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%.
- Natural gas went from $5.53 on Nov 8, 2021 to $2.63 per million Btu on Nov 3, 2026 (EIA spot price).
ES's Quality Score rose 2 points on Tue, Nov 10, to 9. More shares traded than usual (2 chart checks started).
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Up 2% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%.
| The company | Profit up 68% to $1.5B |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 4 |
After its last 4 reports it closed -0.8% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 4 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
ES is #13 of 45 by Quality Score.
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Expected to report Thu Feb 11, after the close (in 93 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $3.0B, 8% less than a year ago; a profit of $0.92 a share, from $0.99.
“Lower results in 2026 for both periods are driven by a higher effective income tax rate and higher interest expense.”
ES's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Cumulative long-term EPS growth rate | 5% to 7% |
“Eversource expects annual earnings growth towards the upper half of its long-term guidance by 2028.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Nov 4)
Sales grew 8.8% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $3.15 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | +3.6% | +2.1% | not yet |
| Jul 30, 2026 | -2.5% | -3.0% | -2.4% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | +0.2% | -0.1% | +2.1% |
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $14B in 2025. It made a profit in seven of the eight years.
RSI 57.1, MACD above signal, above its 50-day, below its 200-day. Not scored.
Its dividends come to 399% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $3.15 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $1.2B a year |
| Free cash flow | $298M |
| Record | Raised each of the last 5 years |
2 insiders sold $703K across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
4 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: ES is 0.1% of VYM, under 0.1% of IVV, and under 0.1% of SPY, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026 (SPY's as filed by IVV).
Eversource Energy is a diversified holding company with subsidiaries that provide rate-regulated electricity and gas distribution service to more than 4 million customers in the Northeast US. Eversource expanded its service territories with acquisitions of NStar (2012), Aquarion (2017), and Columbia Gas (2020). In 2024 Eversource exited its 50% partnership with European utility Orsted to develop 2 gigawatts of offshore wind projects in the Northeast US. It sold Aquarion in 2026. The company exited most of its unregulated businesses in 2006.
ES scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #13 of 45 in Electric Services by Quality Score, with 4 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 2% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
ES scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #13 of 45 in Electric Services by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind ES's 9.
2 insiders sold $703K across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Penelope M. Conner, EVP-Cust Exp & Energy Strategy, who sold $107K on Aug 25. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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