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 Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 18th will be given a dividend of $0.295 per share on Thursday, April 2nd. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 17th. 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 issued shares were distributed 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 Thursday, February, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.01. South Jersey Industries had a net margin of 8.81% and a return on equity of 6.56%. View South Jersey Industries' Earnings History.

South Jersey Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for South Jersey Industries.

South Jersey Industries issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.50-1.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.56.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for South Jersey Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate South Jersey Industries' stock price to reach $32.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.2% 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.

Press coverage about SJI stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. 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 daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. 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 daily trading volume, of 616,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 10.6 days. Approximately 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 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), Ford Motor (F), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Philip Morris International (PM).

South Jersey Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Macquarie Group Ltd. (5.89%), FMR LLC (3.15%), State Street Corp (2.92%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.17%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.99%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (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, Kennedy Capital Management Inc., William Blair Investment Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Victory Capital Management 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 Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, Reaves W H & Co. Inc., Jane Street Group LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $27.05.

South Jersey Industries has a market capitalization of $2.50 billion and generates $1.63 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $17.66 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.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]