SJW Group - SJW Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SJW Group in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" SJW shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for SJW Group's stock. Their SJW share price forecasts range from $65.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $66.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.2% from the stock's current price.
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SJW Group's stock was trading at $73.20 at the start of the year. Since then, SJW stock has decreased by 20.3% and is now trading at $58.32.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.22. The utilities provider earned $149.04 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $154.43 million. SJW Group had a net margin of 9.03% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.54%.

SJW Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 29th. Investors of record on Monday, August 8th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 5th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19.
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SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.42%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 54 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 82.76%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, SJW will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.69% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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SJW Group updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.30-$2.40 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.36. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

5 employees have rated SJW Group Chief Executive Officer Rich Roth on Glassdoor.com. Rich Roth has an approval rating of 60% among the company's employees. This puts Rich Roth in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

SJW Group's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nuance Investments LLC (10.53%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.51%), Amundi (3.36%), State Street Corp (2.37%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.32%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.28%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew F Walters, Carl Guardino, Daniel B More, Douglas R King, James Patrick Lynch, Katharine Armstrong, Mary Ann Hanley, Valer Robert A Van and Wendy Avila-Walker.
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One share of SJW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.32.

SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) has a market capitalization of $1.76 billion and generates $573.69 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $60.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.74 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 751 workers across the globe.

SJW Group's mailing address is 110 WEST TAYLOR STREET, SAN JOSE CA, 95110. The official website for the company is www.sjwgroup.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (408) 279-7800, via email at boardofdirectors@sjwater.com, or via fax at 408-279-7917.