NYSE:NJR - New Jersey Resources Stock Price, News, & Analysis

New Jersey Resources trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NJR."

New Jersey Resources declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.2925 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $1.17 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.48%. View New Jersey Resources' Dividend History.

New Jersey Resources shares split on the morning of Wednesday, March 4th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, January 21st 2015. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, March 3rd 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of New Jersey Resources stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

New Jersey Resources Corp (NYSE:NJR) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The utilities provider reported ($0.33) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.44) by $0.11. The utilities provider had revenue of $647.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $549.59 million. New Jersey Resources had a net margin of 8.01% and a return on equity of 16.92%. The firm's revenue was up 20.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.14) EPS. View New Jersey Resources' Earnings History.

New Jersey Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for New Jersey Resources.

New Jersey Resources will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 6th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

New Jersey Resources issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.95-2.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.64.

4 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for New Jersey Resources' stock. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate New Jersey Resources' share price to reach $46.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for New Jersey Resources.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for New Jersey Resources in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for New Jersey Resources.

News articles about NJR stock have been trending very positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. New Jersey Resources earned a coverage optimism score of 3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Some companies that are related to New Jersey Resources include Atmos Energy (ATO), Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP), National Fuel Gas (NFG), ONE Gas (OGS), Spire (SR), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Northwest Natural (NWN), Just Energy Group (JE) and WGL (WGL).

New Jersey Resources' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BTIM Corp. (0.52%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.49%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.38%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.31%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.13%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.08%). Company insiders that own New Jersey Resources stock include Amanda Mullan, Jane M Kenny, Lawrence R Codey, M William Howard Jr, M William Howard, Jr and Patrick J Migliaccio. View Institutional Ownership Trends for New Jersey Resources.

NJR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BTIM Corp., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., American Investment Services Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C., James Investment Research Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold New Jersey Resources company stock in the last year include M William Howard Jr, M William Howard, Jr and Patrick J Migliaccio. View Insider Buying and Selling for New Jersey Resources.

NJR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Confluence Investment Management LLC, Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc, Virtu Financial LLC, Sheets Smith Wealth Management, Personal Capital Advisors Corp, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Bank of Montreal Can and Retirement Systems of Alabama. View Insider Buying and Selling for New Jersey Resources.

Shares of NJR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NJR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.17.

New Jersey Resources has a market capitalization of $4.18 billion and generates $2.92 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $233.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.74 on an earnings per share basis. New Jersey Resources employs 1,068 workers across the globe.

The official website for New Jersey Resources is http://www.njresources.com.

New Jersey Resources' mailing address is 1415 Wyckoff Road, WALL TOWNSHIP NJ, 07719. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 732-938-1000 or via email at [email protected]