Unassuming Evergy Energy: The AI Boost Your Income Portfolio Needs Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of $209 million, or $0.88 per share, up from $191 million, or $0.82 per share, a year earlier, as regulated investment recovery, load growth and…
venue from large customers more than offset higher operating costs. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Campbell said the company remains on track to achieve the midpoint of its full-year adjusted earnings guidance range of $4.14 to $4.34 per share
Evergy reaffirmed its long-term adjusted EPS growth target of 6% to 8% or more through 2030 from the 2026 midpoint of $4.24, with annual growth expected to exceed 8% beginning in 2028. – Top 5 Highest-Rated Dividend Stocks, According to MarketBeat Chief Financial Officer Bryan Buckler said Evergy is also providing third-quarter adjusted EPS guidance equivalent to 50% to 53% of the $4.24 full-year midpoint. Large customers support demand growth Evergy said it has executed energy service agreements, or ESAs, for five data-center projects under its large-load power service tariffs. Those projects represent about 2.5 gigawatts of steady-state peak load.
Including 500 megawatts from non-LLPS large customers, including Panasonic and smaller data centers, the company’s large-customer load totals about 3 gigawatts. – Shield Your Portfolio From Aug. 1 Tariffs With This Low-Vol ETF Campbell said Evergy expects to sign at least one additional ESA in 2026 and plans to provide further detail on its third-quarter call in November. The company said its five-year financial plan does not include the effects of prospective expansion projects. The existing signed agreements include 1.3 gigawatts of projects that are operating or progressing toward steady-state operations, along with 1.7 gigawatts under ESAs with minimum monthly billing provisions generally spanning 16 to 17 years.