EVERGY, INC.
boothcheck covers EVERGY, INC. (EVRG) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed July 26, 2026.
• Evergy closed the March quarter holding 18.4 million dollars of cash against roughly 15.6 billion of borrowings, which is not distress but a deliberate design: a regulated utility keeps almost nothing idle and funds itself from credit lines and the bond market. • Demand is the story and the filing says so plainly: ⟦"The Evergy Companies are experiencing current and projected load demands that exceed recent experience, creating a business need for new power generating resources and transmission
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891 institutional managers reported holding EVRG in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 90% of the company; the top 10 hold 48%. 89 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, among others. On the short side, 15.9M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 7% of shares outstanding (8.1 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
EVRG's share count grew 0.6% over the past five years. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (9 and counting), raised 6 years straight; the current rate is $2.70 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $1.66B in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at EVRG over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 19 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
EVRG's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-05 | -1.8% | -14.9% |
| 2023-11-08 | -2.6% | +9.1% |
| 2024-03-01 | -1.3% | +10.2% |
| 2024-05-10 | +1.6% | -0.7% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
EVRG's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-24 (items 1.02, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-06 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-07-01 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-07-01 (items 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-05-07 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 26, 2026
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