South Jersey Industries Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:SJI)

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

South Jersey Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 10th will be given a dividend of $0.287 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $1.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 9th. 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 minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell 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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 7th. The utilities provider reported ($0.13) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.04) by $0.09. The utilities provider had revenue of $266.93 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $254.12 million. South Jersey Industries had a return on equity of 7.10% and a net margin of 7.97%. The company's revenue was up 17.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.07 earnings per share. View South Jersey Industries' Earnings History.

South Jersey Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for South Jersey Industries.

South Jersey Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, November 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

South Jersey Industries issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.53 to $1.67 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.58.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for South Jersey Industries' shares. Their predictions range from $30.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate South Jersey Industries' share price to reach $34.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for South Jersey Industries.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for South Jersey Industries in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for South Jersey Industries.

News coverage about SJI stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. South Jersey Industries earned a coverage optimism score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for South Jersey Industries.

South Jersey Industries saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 6,050,000 shares, a decrease of 7.2% from the August 30th total of 6,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 478,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 12.6 days. Currently, 6.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View South Jersey Industries' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to South Jersey Industries include ENAGAS S A/ADR (ENGGY), Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP), ONE Gas (OGS), Spire (SR), New Jersey Resources (NJR), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Fortress Energy (NFE), Northwest Natural (NWN) and Just Energy Group (JE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other South Jersey Industries investors own include Exelon (EXC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Harris (HRS), Pandora Media (P), AT&T (T), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP), NVIDIA (NVDA), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Apache (APA).

South Jersey Industries' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Crow Point Partners LLC (0.52%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.36%), Accurate Investment Solutions Inc. (0.13%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%). Company insiders that own South Jersey Industries stock include Ann T Anthony, Michael J Renna, Sunita Holzer 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 Hennessy Advisors Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Coastal Investment Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for South Jersey Industries.

SJI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Crow Point Partners LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Accurate Investment Solutions Inc. and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . Company insiders that have bought South Jersey Industries stock in the last two years include Ann T Anthony, Michael J Renna, Sunita Holzer and Walter M Higgins. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SJI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.09.

South Jersey Industries has a market capitalization of $2.96 billion and generates $1.64 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $17.66 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.38 on an earnings per share basis. South Jersey Industries employs 1,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About South Jersey Industries.

The official website for South Jersey Industries is http://www.sjindustries.com/.

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]