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. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.75%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 9th. This is an increase from South Jersey Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. View South Jersey Industries' Dividend History.

Shares of South Jersey Industries split on 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported ($0.30) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.27) by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $261.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $253.87 million. South Jersey Industries had a return on equity of 6.56% and a net margin of 8.81%. The firm's revenue was down 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned ($0.27) earnings per share. 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.53-1.67 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.56.

4 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for South Jersey Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect South Jersey Industries' share price to reach $33.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.7% 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.

Headlines about SJI stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 news sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for South Jersey Industries.

South Jersey Industries saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,540,000 shares, a drop of 5.5% from the December 15th total of 5,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 555,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.0 days. Currently, 6.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View South Jersey Industries' Current Options Chain.

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

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), Procter & Gamble (PG), Philip Morris International (PM) and Ventas (VTR).

South Jersey Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Roffman Miller Associates Inc. PA (0.60%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.35%), Accurate Investment Solutions Inc. (0.13%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Boenning & Scattergood Inc. (0.05%). 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., Accurate Investment Solutions Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Strs Ohio, BLB&B Advisors LLC, Boenning & Scattergood Inc. and CWM Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for South Jersey Industries.

SJI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Global Management LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Roffman Miller Associates Inc. PA, IFP Advisors Inc, 6 Meridian and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $31.47.

South Jersey Industries has a market capitalization of $2.91 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]