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

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

Sempra Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 20th will be given a dividend of $1.045 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $4.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.96%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 19th. This is an increase from Sempra Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.97. View Sempra Energy's Dividend History.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 27th. The utilities provider reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.48 by $0.07. The utilities provider earned $2.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.80 billion. Sempra Energy had a return on equity of 10.12% and a net margin of 23.55%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.56 EPS. View Sempra Energy's Earnings History.

Sempra Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Sempra Energy.

Sempra Energy updated its FY 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 7.50-8.10 for the period.

13 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Sempra Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $142.00 to $176.00. On average, they expect Sempra Energy's share price to reach $160.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sempra Energy.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sempra Energy in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Sempra Energy.

Press coverage about SRE stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sempra Energy earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Sempra Energy.

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Sempra Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Newport Trust Co (3.05%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.58%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.10%), Capital Research Global Investors (0.95%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.82%) and Magellan Asset Management Ltd (0.75%). Company insiders that own Sempra Energy stock include Andres Conesa, Debra L Reed, G Joyce Rowland, Jeffrey W Martin, Joseph A Householder, Lynn Schenk, Peter R Wall, Trevor I Mihalik and William G Ouchi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sempra Energy.

SRE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Newport Trust Co, Reaves W H & Co. Inc., Man Group plc, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Tobam, KBC Group NV and Eaton Vance Management. Company insiders that have sold Sempra Energy company stock in the last year include G Joyce Rowland, Jeffrey W Martin, Joseph A Householder, Lynn Schenk and Peter R Wall. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sempra Energy.

SRE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Geode Capital Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., First Trust Advisors LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC, Magellan Asset Management Ltd and Eagle Asset Management Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.42.

Sempra Energy has a market capitalization of $39.87 billion and generates $11.69 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.57 on an earnings per share basis. Sempra Energy employs 16,823 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Sempra Energy.

The official website for Sempra Energy is http://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]