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

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, November 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $0.295 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. This is a positive change from South Jersey Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. 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 distributed 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported ($0.30) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.27) by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $261.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $253.87 million. The firm's revenue was down 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.27) EPS. View South Jersey Industries' Earnings History.

South Jersey Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for South Jersey Industries.

South Jersey Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for South Jersey Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate South Jersey Industries' share price to reach $33.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for South Jersey Industries.

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

Media headlines about SJI stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press 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 negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. South Jersey Industries earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for South Jersey Industries.

South Jersey Industries saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,530,000 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the January 15th total of 5,540,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 616,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 10.6 days. Currently, 7.1% 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 Atmos Energy (ATO), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Northwest Natural (NWN), ONEOK (OKE), Southwest Gas (SWX) and UGI (UGI).

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), AT&T (T), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Altria Group (MO), Southern (SO), Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), Ford Motor (F), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Philip Morris International (PM).

South Jersey Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (3.15%), State Street Corp (2.92%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.17%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.99%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.63%) and First Trust Advisors LP (1.63%). 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 FMR LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Victory Capital Management Inc. and Victory Capital Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for South Jersey Industries.

SJI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Reaves W H & Co. Inc., Jane Street Group LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, California Public Employees Retirement System and Westwood Holdings Group Inc.. 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 $32.39.