NYSE:SRE - Sempra Energy Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Sempra Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.895 per share on Sunday, April 15th. This represents a $3.58 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.26%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 22nd. This is a boost from Sempra Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.82. View Sempra Energy's Dividend History.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 27th. The utilities provider reported $1.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.14. The utilities provider earned $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.82 billion. Sempra Energy had a net margin of 2.28% and a return on equity of 8.86%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.52 earnings per share. View Sempra Energy's Earnings History.

Sempra Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May, 8th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Sempra Energy.

Sempra Energy issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.30-5.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.51.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Sempra Energy's shares. Their predictions range from $104.00 to $134.00. On average, they anticipate Sempra Energy's stock price to reach $119.80 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Sempra Energy.

Sempra Energy saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,195,087 shares, a decline of 26.8% from the February 28th total of 19,392,825 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,805,826 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.9 days. Approximately 5.6% of the company's shares are sold short.

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News coverage about SRE stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Sempra Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the utilities provider an impact score of 42.41 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Sempra Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC (10.20%). 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, Trevor I Mihalik, William D /Ca/ Jones, William G Ouchi, William P Rutledge and Zimtu Capital Corp. View Institutional Ownership Trends 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 $109.81.

Sempra Energy has a market capitalization of $28.04 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]