NYSE:SJW - SJW Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

SJW Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SJW."

SJW Group declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Investors of record on Monday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. This is an increase from SJW Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View SJW Group's Dividend History.

SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.20. The utilities provider earned $124.85 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $127 million. SJW Group had a net margin of 9.59% and a return on equity of 5.27%. View SJW Group's Earnings History.

SJW Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for SJW Group.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for SJW Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate SJW Group's stock price to reach $73.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for SJW Group.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SJW Group in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for SJW Group.

Press coverage about SJW stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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. SJW Group earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for SJW Group.

SJW Group saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 215,600 shares, a drop of 6.7% from the January 15th total of 231,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 114,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View SJW Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to SJW Group include American Water Works (AWK), Aqua America (WTR), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Connecticut Water Service (CTWS), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Consolidated Water (CWCO) and Cadiz (CDZI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SJW Group investors own include California Water Service Group (CWT), Williams Companies (WMB), PepsiCo (PEP), Mcdonald's (MCD), Altria Group (MO), AFLAC (AFL), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Pfizer (PFE), Sherwin-Williams (SHW) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

SJW Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.76%), State Street Corp (2.26%), Maple Brown Abbott Ltd (1.73%), Nuance Investments LLC (1.68%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.50%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.22%). Company insiders that own SJW Group stock include James Patrick Lynch and Valer Robert A Van. View Institutional Ownership Trends for SJW Group.

SJW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Royce & Associates LP, Maple Brown Abbott Ltd and Stifel Financial Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for SJW Group.

SJW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Nuance Investments LLC, State Street Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Geode Capital Management LLC and First Trust Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for SJW Group.

Shares of SJW 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 SJW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.16.

SJW Group has a market capitalization of $1.97 billion and generates $397.70 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $38.77 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.51 on an earnings per share basis. SJW Group employs 416 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About SJW Group.

The official website for SJW Group is http://www.sjwgroup.com/.

SJW Group's mailing address is 110 WEST TAYLOR STREET, SAN JOSE CA, 95110. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 408-279-7800 or via email at [email protected]