Somewhat Positive Media Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Affect Ethan Allen Interiors (ETH) Stock Price

Media headlines about Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETH) have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ethan Allen Interiors earned a news sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news articles about the company an impact score of 44.5710023112523 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near term.

These are some of the media stories that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s scoring:

Shares of Ethan Allen Interiors (ETH) opened at 29.45 on Friday. Ethan Allen Interiors has a one year low of $26.75 and a one year high of $38.80. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $31.25 and a 200-day moving average of $29.81. The company has a market capitalization of $808.31 million, a P/E ratio of 22.83 and a beta of 1.16.

Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 26th. The company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.42. Ethan Allen Interiors had a net margin of 4.74% and a return on equity of 10.17%. The firm had revenue of $194.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $194.94 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.57 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that Ethan Allen Interiors will post $1.75 earnings per share for the current year.

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 10th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 6th. Ethan Allen Interiors’s dividend payout ratio is presently 58.92%.

Several analysts have recently commented on ETH shares. Telsey Advisory Group decreased their price objective on shares of Ethan Allen Interiors from $36.00 to $33.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 27th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Ethan Allen Interiors from $34.00 to $30.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 28th. TheStreet downgraded shares of Ethan Allen Interiors from a “b” rating to a “c+” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 27th. Finally, BidaskClub downgraded shares of Ethan Allen Interiors from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, July 8th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Ethan Allen Interiors presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $33.25.

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Ethan Allen Interiors Company Profile

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc is an interior design company. The Company is a manufacturer and retailer of home furnishings. The Company operates through two segments, which include wholesale and retail. The Company is an international home fashion brand doing business in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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