ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd Takes $72.86 Million Position in Evergy Inc. $EVRG

ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Evergy Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 958,355 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $72,860,000. Evergy comprises 1.6% of ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 27th biggest holding.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Magellan Asset Management Ltd increased its position in Evergy by 1,418.7% in the 2nd quarter. Magellan Asset Management Ltd now owns 2,364,493 shares of the company’s stock valued at $162,985,000 after buying an additional 2,208,799 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its stake in Evergy by 346.2% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,046,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $155,597,000 after purchasing an additional 1,588,100 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings in Evergy by 969.3% during the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,329,424 shares of the company’s stock worth $101,063,000 after buying an additional 1,205,101 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp raised its holdings in Evergy by 169.2% during the third quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 1,438,958 shares of the company’s stock worth $109,390,000 after buying an additional 904,400 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp lifted its stake in shares of Evergy by 44.4% in the second quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp now owns 2,470,917 shares of the company’s stock valued at $170,320,000 after buying an additional 760,301 shares in the last quarter. 87.24% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Evergy News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Evergy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Evergy declared a quarterly dividend of $0.695 per share (annualized yield ~3.5%); record date is March 10 and payment March 20 — supports income investors and buy‑and‑hold demand. BusinessWire release
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo raised its price target from $79 to $83 (maintaining an “equal weight” rating), signaling modest analyst support for upside vs. current levels. Benzinga
• Neutral Sentiment: Revenue beat year‑over‑year in Q4 even as EPS fell short — mixed operational signal: topline growth but margin/earnings pressure. Zacks: Revenues increase Y/Y
• Neutral Sentiment: Evergy unveiled a new five‑year capital spending plan (~$21.6 billion) to meet rising industrial/commercial demand — a long‑term growth push that implies higher near‑term capex and execution risk. Reuters
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings materials and the full Q4 call transcript were posted (useful for detail on drivers and guidance execution). Earnings call transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reports in the feed show zero/NaN changes — likely a data/reporting anomaly and not a meaningful short squeeze signal. (No actionable change evident.)
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 EPS missed consensus: $0.42 vs. $0.57 expected, a clear earnings shortfall that weighed on near‑term sentiment. Zacks: Lags Q4 estimates
• Negative Sentiment: FY‑2026 EPS guidance (range $4.14–$4.34) sits slightly below the Street consensus (~$4.28 midpoint), and Reuters flagged forecasts below estimates — a headwind for multiple near‑term valuation assumptions. Reuters

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on EVRG. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on shares of Evergy from $79.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Evergy in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Citigroup increased their price objective on Evergy from $89.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Evergy from $79.00 to $83.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, UBS Group cut Evergy from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $86.00 to $88.00 in a research report on Friday, February 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $85.50.

Evergy Stock Performance

NASDAQ EVRG opened at $80.26 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $18.48 billion, a PE ratio of 21.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.15 and a beta of 0.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 0.30 and a current ratio of 0.49. Evergy Inc. has a 52-week low of $61.94 and a 52-week high of $83.19. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $75.73 and a 200 day simple moving average of $75.06.

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Saturday, January 31st. The company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Evergy had a net margin of 14.35% and a return on equity of 8.79%. On average, research analysts predict that Evergy Inc. will post 3.83 EPS for the current year.

Evergy Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.695 per share. This represents a $2.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 10th. Evergy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 76.16%.

About Evergy

Evergy, Inc is a regulated electric utility that generates, transmits and distributes electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers primarily across Kansas and western Missouri. The company provides core utility services including retail electric delivery, grid operations, customer service and outage restoration, operating under state regulatory frameworks. Evergy serves a mix of urban and rural communities, including portions of the Kansas City metropolitan area and other population centers in its service territory.

The company’s business activities span power generation, system planning, transmission and distribution infrastructure, and customer-facing programs such as energy efficiency and demand-side management.