NYSE:SJI - South Jersey Industries Stock Price, Price Target & More

South Jersey Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SJI."

South Jersey Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 6th. Investors of record on Monday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, October 2nd. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 7th. View South Jersey Industries' Dividend History.

Shares of South Jersey Industries split on Monday, May 11th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, February 27th 2015. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, May 8th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of South Jersey Industries stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

South Jersey Industries Inc (NYSE:SJI) released its earnings results on Monday, May, 7th. The utilities provider reported $1.26 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.33. The utilities provider had revenue of $521.95 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $430.43 million. South Jersey Industries had a return on equity of 11.33% and a net margin of 5.23%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 22.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.72 EPS. View South Jersey Industries' Earnings History.

South Jersey Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for South Jersey Industries.

South Jersey Industries issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.57-1.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.56.

7 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for South Jersey Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate South Jersey Industries' stock price to reach $33.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. View Analyst Ratings for South Jersey Industries.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for South Jersey Industries in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

South Jersey Industries saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 6,837,659 shares, a drop of 40.2% from the June 15th total of 11,440,353 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,246,314 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 8.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View South Jersey Industries' Current Options Chain.

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

Media coverage about SJI stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. South Jersey Industries earned a media sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 43.41 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

South Jersey Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.27%), Accurate Investment Solutions Inc. (0.13%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and BLB&B Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own South Jersey Industries stock include Gina Marie Merritt-Epps and Walter M Higgins. View Institutional Ownership Trends for South Jersey Industries.

SJI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. View Insider Buying and Selling for South Jersey Industries.

SJI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Accurate Investment Solutions Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, BLB&B Advisors LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for South Jersey Industries.

Shares of SJI 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 SJI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.61.

South Jersey Industries has a market capitalization of $2.86 billion and generates $1.24 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $-3,490,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.23 on an earnings per share basis. South Jersey Industries employs 760 workers across the globe.

South Jersey Industries' mailing address is 1 SOUTH JERSEY PLAZA, FOLSOM NJ, 08037. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 609-561-9000 or via email at [email protected]