NYSE:SRESempra Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Sempra Energy's stock was trading at $122.95 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SRE shares have decreased by 4.6% and is now trading at $117.25. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sempra Energy in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Sempra Energy.

Sempra Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Sempra Energy.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) released its earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $3.08 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.26 by $0.82. The utilities provider earned $3.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.24 billion. Sempra Energy had a net margin of 22.32% and a return on equity of 11.30%. The firm's revenue was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.92 EPS. View Sempra Energy's earnings history.

Sempra Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 26th will be paid a dividend of $1.045 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $4.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 25th. View Sempra Energy's dividend history.

Sempra Energy updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.20-7.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.06.

15 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Sempra Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $173.00. On average, they expect Sempra Energy's stock price to reach $148.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Sempra Energy.

Media headlines about SRE stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Sempra Energy earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Sempra Energy.

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

Sempra Energy's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), First American Trust FSB (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), Robecosam AG (0.01%) and Pure Financial Advisors Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Sempra Energy stock include Andres Conesa, Debra L Reed, Dennis V Arriola, G Joyce Rowland, Jeffrey W Martin, Joseph A Householder, Lynn Schenk, Peter R Wall and Trevor I Mihalik. View institutional ownership trends for Sempra Energy.

SRE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Robecosam AG, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Pure Financial Advisors Inc., and Diversified Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold Sempra Energy company stock in the last year include Jeffrey W Martin, Joseph A Householder, Peter R Wall, and Trevor I Mihalik. View insider buying and selling activity for Sempra Energy.

SRE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Clarius Group LLC, First American Trust FSB, and IBM Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have bought Sempra Energy stock in the last two years include Andres Conesa, and Dennis V Arriola. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $117.25.

Sempra Energy has a market capitalization of $34.30 billion and generates $10.83 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $2.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.78 on an earnings per share basis. Sempra Energy employs 13,969 workers across the globe.

The official website for Sempra Energy is www.sempra.com.

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]