NYSE:SRE - Sempra Energy Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Sempra Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SRE."

Sempra Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 20th. Investors of record on Monday, July 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.895 per share on Sunday, July 15th. This represents a $3.58 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.06%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 29th. View Sempra Energy's Dividend History.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) issued its earnings results on Monday, August, 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.17. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.56 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.64 billion. Sempra Energy had a positive return on equity of 8.69% and a negative net margin of 5.89%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.10 earnings per share. View Sempra Energy's Earnings History.

Sempra Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 29th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Sempra Energy.

10 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Sempra Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Sempra Energy's share price to reach $122.3750 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sempra Energy.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sempra Energy in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Sempra Energy.

Sempra Energy saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 13th, there was short interest totalling 21,719,616 shares, an increase of 76.2% from the June 29th total of 12,325,347 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,113,326 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 10.3 days. Currently, 7.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Sempra Energy's Current Options Chain.

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News coverage about SRE stock has trended positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Sempra Energy earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.42 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the utilities provider an impact score of 47.67 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Sempra Energy.

Sempra Energy's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Newport Trust Co (3.67%), Nomura Holdings Inc. (1.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.89%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.80%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (0.61%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (0.51%). Company insiders that own Sempra Energy stock include Alan L Boeckmann, David Hodge, Debra L Reed, G Joyce Rowland, Jeffrey W Martin, Joseph A Householder, Mark A Snell, Steven D Davis, William G Ouchi, William P Rutledge and Zimtu Capital Corp. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sempra Energy.

SRE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Pendal Group Ltd, Victory Capital Management Inc., Strs Ohio, Newport Trust Co, Ariel Investments LLC and Forsta AP Fonden. Company insiders that have sold Sempra Energy company stock in the last year include Debra L Reed, G Joyce Rowland and William G Ouchi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sempra Energy.

SRE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nomura Holdings Inc., Luminus Management LLC, PointState Capital LP, RNC Capital Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, California Public Employees Retirement System, Legal & General Group Plc and Madison Investment Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Sempra Energy stock in the last two years include Alan L Boeckmann, David Hodge and Zimtu Capital Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sempra Energy.

Shares of SRE 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $116.85.

Sempra Energy has a market capitalization of $31.29 billion and generates $11.21 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $257 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.42 on an earnings per share basis. Sempra Energy employs 16,046 workers across the globe.

Sempra Energy's mailing address is 488 8TH AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA, 92101. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 619-696-2000 or via email at [email protected]