OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE:OGE – Free Report) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for OGE Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will earn $0.25 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.41. The consensus estimate for OGE Energy’s current full-year earnings is $2.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for OGE Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.04 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.43 EPS.
Several other research analysts have also commented on the stock. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of OGE Energy from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Evercore ISI raised OGE Energy from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $40.00 to $47.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $45.67.
OGE Energy Stock Performance
NYSE OGE opened at $44.74 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $43.28 and its 200-day moving average price is $42.01. OGE Energy has a fifty-two week low of $32.37 and a fifty-two week high of $46.54. The company has a market cap of $9.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.34, a P/E/G ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 0.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.73.
Institutional Trading of OGE Energy
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of OGE. FMR LLC lifted its stake in OGE Energy by 16.3% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 558,967 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $22,929,000 after acquiring an additional 78,164 shares during the period. Navellier & Associates Inc. bought a new position in shares of OGE Energy during the third quarter valued at approximately $785,000. PEAK6 Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of OGE Energy during the third quarter valued at approximately $783,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in OGE Energy by 316.6% during the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 34,752 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,426,000 after buying an additional 26,411 shares during the period. Finally, Merit Financial Group LLC raised its stake in OGE Energy by 14.2% in the fourth quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 6,505 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $268,000 after buying an additional 810 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.84% of the company’s stock.
OGE Energy Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 7th will be given a dividend of $0.4213 per share. This represents a $1.69 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 7th. OGE Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 76.36%.
About OGE Energy
OGE Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy services provider in the United States. The company generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric energy. In addition, it provides retail electric service to approximately 896,000 customers, which covers a service area of approximately 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas; and owns and operates coal-fired, natural gas-fired, wind-powered, and solar-powered generating assets.
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