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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 20th. Investors of record on Monday, July 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.895 per share on Sunday, July 15th. This represents a $3.58 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.10%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 29th. View Sempra Energy's Dividend History.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 7th. The utilities provider reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.19. The utilities provider earned $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.28 billion. Sempra Energy had a return on equity of 8.30% and a net margin of 1.45%. The firm's revenue was down 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.74 EPS. View Sempra Energy's Earnings History.

Sempra Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Sempra Energy.

10 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Sempra Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $134.00. On average, they anticipate Sempra Energy's stock price to reach $122.4444 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Sempra Energy.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sempra Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Sempra Energy saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,854,249 shares, a drop of 27.5% from the May 31st total of 14,972,155 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,676,885 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 4.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Sempra Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about SRE stock has trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Sempra Energy earned a news impact score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider an impact score of 46.16 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Sempra Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pendal Group Ltd (0.28%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.11%), Westpac Banking Corp (0.06%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), Rockland Trust Co. (0.04%) and Huntington National Bank (0.04%). 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 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 Pendal Group Ltd, Hartford Investment Management Co., Huntington National Bank, Bank of Montreal Can, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY and First American Trust FSB. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rockland Trust Co., Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Westpac Banking Corp, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Fox Run Management L.L.C. and DnB Asset Management AS. 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 $115.31.

Sempra Energy has a market capitalization of $30.54 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]