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 announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 22nd. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. View New Jersey Resources' Dividend History.

New Jersey Resources shares split on Wednesday, March 4th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, January 21st 2015. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes 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) released its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.08. The utilities provider earned $811.77 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $712 million. New Jersey Resources had a return on equity of 10.92% and a net margin of 6.49%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 15.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.56 EPS. View New Jersey Resources' Earnings History.

New Jersey Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 3rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for New Jersey Resources.

New Jersey Resources will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, May 3rd at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

New Jersey Resources updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.95 to $2.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.12. New Jersey Resources also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $1.95-2.05 EPS.

4 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for New Jersey Resources' stock. Their forecasts range from $47.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect New Jersey Resources' stock price to reach $48.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.0%. 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.

Headlines about NJR stock have been trending somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. New Jersey Resources earned a daily sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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), New Fortress Energy (NFE), Northwest Natural (NWN), Just Energy Group (JE) and WGL (WGL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other New Jersey Resources investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), Ford Motor (F), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Navios Maritime Midstream Partners (NAP) and AT&T (T).

New Jersey Resources' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BTIM Corp. (0.52%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.50%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.38%), Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC (0.16%), BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA (0.05%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own New Jersey Resources stock include Amanda Mullan, David A Trice, 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 Pennsylvania Trust Co, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Eqis Capital Management Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., Strs Ohio, Ingalls & Snyder LLC, 6 Meridian and Murphy Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold New Jersey Resources company stock in the last year include David A Trice, Jane M Kenny, M William Howard Jr, M William Howard, Jr and Patrick J Migliaccio. View Insider Buying and Selling for New Jersey Resources.

NJR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Gateway Advisory LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., BTIM Corp., Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama and CX Institutional. 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 $49.51.

New Jersey Resources has a market capitalization of $4.40 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]