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. 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 yield of 2.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. View New Jersey Resources' Dividend History.

Shares of New Jersey Resources split before market open 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 quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.08. The utilities provider had revenue of $811.77 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $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 issued an update on 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for New Jersey Resources' shares. Their predictions range from $47.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect New Jersey Resources' share price to reach $48.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.4%. 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 trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. New Jersey Resources earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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), New Fortress Energy (NFE), 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), Ford Motor (F), AT&T (T), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Alphabet (GOOG), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP) and SandRidge Permian Trust (PER).

New Jersey Resources' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.16%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.09%), Northern Trust Corp (2.09%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.78%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.38%) and FMR LLC (1.24%). 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 BTIM Corp., QS Investors LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, First Trust Advisors LP and MetLife Investment Advisors LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Norges Bank, Rhumbline Advisers, Geode Capital Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC and Tortoise Index Solutions 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 $49.71.

New Jersey Resources has a market capitalization of $4.41 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]