NYSE:SJISouth Jersey Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

South Jersey Industries' stock was trading at $25.57 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SJI shares have decreased by 11.3% and is now trading at $22.68. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for South Jersey Industries.

South Jersey Industries is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for South Jersey Industries.

South Jersey Industries Inc (NYSE:SJI) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $534.11 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $598.28 million. South Jersey Industries had a net margin of 6.05% and a return on equity of 7.31%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.09 EPS. View South Jersey Industries' earnings history.

South Jersey Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.295 per share on Thursday, July 2nd. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.20%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 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 created shares were payable 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.50-1.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.49.

4 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for South Jersey Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate South Jersey Industries' stock price to reach $27.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for South Jersey Industries.

News coverage about SJI stock has trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. South Jersey Industries earned a coverage optimism score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage 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 company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about South Jersey Industries.

Some companies that are related to South Jersey Industries include Atmos Energy (ATO), ONEOK (OKE), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Northwest Natural (NWN) and Chesapeake Utilities (CPK). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other South Jersey Industries investors own include Exelon (EXC), AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Altria Group (MO), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Procter & Gamble (PG), Southern (SO), Ford Motor (F), Philip Morris International (PM) and Ventas (VTR).

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

South Jersey Industries' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%), 6 Meridian (0.01%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own South Jersey Industries stock include Ann T Anthony, Michael J Renna, Sheila Hartnett-Devlin, 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 6 Meridian, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for South Jersey Industries.

SJI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 activity 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 $22.68.

South Jersey Industries has a market capitalization of $2.10 billion and generates $1.63 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $76.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.12 on an earnings per share basis. South Jersey Industries employs 1,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for South Jersey Industries is 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]