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

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

South Jersey Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.2875 per share on Tuesday, April 2nd. This represents a $1.15 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 15th. View South Jersey Industries' Dividend History.

South Jersey Industries shares split before market open on Monday, May 11th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, February 27th 2015. The newly created 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported ($0.27) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.25) by $0.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $302.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $242.21 million. South Jersey Industries had a positive return on equity of 9.79% and a negative net margin of 1.73%. South Jersey Industries's quarterly revenue was up 33.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.05) EPS. View South Jersey Industries' Earnings History.

South Jersey Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for South Jersey Industries.

5 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for South Jersey Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate South Jersey Industries' share price to reach $34.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for South Jersey Industries.

5 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for South Jersey Industries.

News coverage about SJI stock has trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. South Jersey Industries earned a daily sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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

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South Jersey Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.93%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.08%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.20%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.06%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.83%) and Reaves W H & Co. Inc. (1.59%). Company insiders that own South Jersey Industries stock include Ann T Anthony, Gina Marie Merritt-Epps, 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 Millennium Management LLC, Strs Ohio, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Barclays PLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE and MetLife Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for South Jersey Industries.

SJI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Channing Capital Management LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Reaves W H & Co. Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., BlackRock Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP and New York State Common Retirement Fund. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SJI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.80.

South Jersey Industries has a market capitalization of $2.72 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.

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]