Sempra Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sempra Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Sempra Energy stock.
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Sempra Energy saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 2,550,000 shares, a drop of 30.3% from the January 14th total of 3,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,730,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days.
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Sempra Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 3rd 2021.
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Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 25th. The utilities provider reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.35. Sempra Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.02% and a net margin of 34.85%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.55 earnings per share.
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Sempra Energy's stock was trading at $122.95 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SRE stock has decreased by 4.1% and is now trading at $117.90.
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Sempra Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 25th will be given a dividend of $1.10 per share on Thursday, April 15th. This represents a $4.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 24th. This is an increase from Sempra Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $1.05.
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Sempra Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.18 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.60%. Sempra Energy has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Sempra Energy is 61.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Sempra Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.80% next year. This indicates that Sempra Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Sempra Energy issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.50 to $8.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.83.

13 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Sempra Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $173.00. On average, they anticipate Sempra Energy's share price to reach $141.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.8% from the stock's current price.
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18 employees have rated Sempra Energy CEO Jeffrey W. Martin on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey W. Martin has an approval rating of 81% among Sempra Energy's employees.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (8.10%), BlackRock Inc. (7.06%), Newport Trust Co (2.91%), Northern Trust Corp (1.27%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.18%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.96%). Company insiders that own Sempra Energy stock include Andres Conesa, Cynthia Lynn Walker, Dennis V Arriola, Jeffrey W Martin, Joseph A Householder, Lynn Schenk, Michael N Mears, Peter R Wall and Trevor I Mihalik.
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SRE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Morgan Stanley, Rare Infrastructure Ltd, Jennison Associates LLC, and Newport Trust Co.
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SRE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clearbridge Investments LLC, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, International Assets Investment Management LLC, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, ExodusPoint Capital Management LP, Verition Fund Management LLC, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, and Federated Hermes Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Sempra Energy stock in the last two years include Andres Conesa, Cynthia Lynn Walker, Dennis V Arriola, and Michael N Mears.
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Shares of SRE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $117.90.

Sempra Energy has a market capitalization of $34.01 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 18,000 workers across the globe.

Sempra Energy was founded in 1998.

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

Sempra Energy is headquartered at 488 8TH AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA, 92101.

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]