NYSE:NJR - New Jersey Resources Stock Price, Price Target & More

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, July 10th. Investors of record on Friday, September 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.2725 per share on Monday, October 1st. This represents a $1.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 20th. 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 issued shares were payable 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) announced its earnings results on Friday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.65. The utilities provider earned $1.02 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $749.71 million. New Jersey Resources had a net margin of 9.06% and a return on equity of 21.16%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 99.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.21 earnings per share. View New Jersey Resources' Earnings History.

New Jersey Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for New Jersey Resources.

New Jersey Resources updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.55-2.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.60.

4 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for New Jersey Resources' shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate New Jersey Resources' stock price to reach $43.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.2%. View Analyst Ratings 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 1 sell rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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

Media headlines about NJR stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. New Jersey Resources earned a media sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the utilities provider an impact score of 46.14 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

New Jersey Resources' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.47%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.03%). Company insiders that own New Jersey Resources stock include Amanda Mullan, Jane M Kenny, Lawrence R Codey, 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 Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold New Jersey Resources company stock in the last year include Amanda Mullan, Lawrence R Codey 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. 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 $45.85.

New Jersey Resources has a market capitalization of $4.03 billion and generates $2.27 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $132.06 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.73 on an earnings per share basis. New Jersey Resources employs 1,052 workers across the globe.

New Jersey Resources' mailing address is 1415 Wyckoff Road, WALL TOWNSHIP NJ, 07719. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 732-938-1480 or via email at [email protected]