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

SJW Group's stock was trading at $61.08 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SJW stock has decreased by 8.2% and is now trading at $56.05. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

SJW Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for SJW Group.

SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 26th. The utilities provider reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $125.84 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $125.97 million. SJW Group had a net margin of 5.57% and a return on equity of 5.07%. View SJW Group's earnings history.

SJW Group declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 10th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. This is a boost from SJW Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View SJW Group's dividend history.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for SJW Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $79.00. On average, they expect SJW Group's share price to reach $73.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for SJW Group.

Headlines about SJW stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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. SJW Group earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutSJW Group.

SJW Group saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 270,500 shares, an increase of 28.7% from the February 13th total of 210,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 109,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.0% 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), Cadiz (CDZI), Artesian Resources (ARTNA) and Consolidated Water (CWCO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SJW Group investors own include California Water Service Group (CWT), Altria Group (MO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Mcdonald's (MCD), Williams Companies (WMB), PepsiCo (PEP), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), AT&T (T), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and AFLAC (AFL).

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

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One share of SJW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.05.

SJW Group has a market capitalization of $1.60 billion and generates $420.48 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $23.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.78 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]