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

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, November 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of $0.313 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 18th. This is a positive change from New Jersey Resources's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. View New Jersey Resources' Dividend History.

New Jersey Resources's stock 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 distributed 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) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 19th. The utilities provider reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.29. The utilities provider earned $479.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $694.50 million. New Jersey Resources had a return on equity of 11.31% and a net margin of 6.54%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 26.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.33) EPS. View New Jersey Resources' Earnings History.

New Jersey Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for New Jersey Resources.

New Jersey Resources issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $$2.05-2.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $$2.14.

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

News coverage about NJR stock has been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. New Jersey Resources earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for New Jersey Resources.

Some companies that are related to New Jersey Resources include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), National Fuel Gas (NFG), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Northwest Natural (NWN) and Chesapeake Utilities (CPK).

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), Ford Motor (F), AT&T (T), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP) and Centurylink (CTL).

New Jersey Resources' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.79%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.27%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own New Jersey Resources stock include David A Trice, Jane M Kenny, Laurence M Downes, 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 Hennessy Advisors Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Sound Income Strategies LLC and Sound Income Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have sold New Jersey Resources company stock in the last year include David A Trice, Jane M Kenny, Laurence M Downes, 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 Boston Trust Walden Corp, Sciencast Management LP, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, 6 Meridian and Wedbush Securities Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NJR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.05.

New Jersey Resources has a market capitalization of $3.97 billion and generates $2.59 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $169.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.95 on an earnings per share basis. New Jersey Resources employs 1,108 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About New Jersey Resources.

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]