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 Tuesday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, July 3rd. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.38%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 8th. View South Jersey Industries' Dividend History.

South Jersey Industries's stock split on the morning of 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 quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 7th. The utilities provider reported $1.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the 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 business's quarterly revenue was up 22.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.72 earnings per share. 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 updated 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 earnings per share estimate of $1.56.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for South Jersey Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect South Jersey Industries' stock price to reach $32.80 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for South Jersey Industries.

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

News headlines about SJI stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to Accern. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. 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 news impact score of -0.02 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider an impact score of 44.30 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

South Jersey Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.20%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.57%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.17%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.92%), Northern Trust Corp (1.06%) and OLD Republic International Corp (0.82%). 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 Northern Trust Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Tiverton Asset Management LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., CT Mason, Robecosam AG and State of Wisconsin Investment Board. View Insider Buying and Selling for South Jersey Industries.

SJI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Reaves W H & Co. Inc., BlackRock Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, OLD Republic International Corp, OLD Republic International Corp, A.R.T. Advisors LLC and Ancora Advisors LLC. 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 $33.13.

South Jersey Industries has a market capitalization of $2.83 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]