Sempra Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sempra Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Sempra Energy stock.
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Sempra Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,340,000 shares, an increase of 36.5% from the March 15th total of 3,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,650,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days.
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Sempra Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 5th. The utilities provider reported $2.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.18. The utilities provider earned $3.26 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.02 billion. Sempra Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.02% and a net margin of 34.85%. Sempra Energy's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.47 earnings per share.
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Sempra Energy's stock was trading at $122.95 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SRE stock has increased by 12.1% and is now trading at $137.82.
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Sempra Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 25th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 24th. This is a boost from Sempra Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $1.05.
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Sempra Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.22%. 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 64.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Sempra Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.52% next year. This indicates that Sempra Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Sempra Energy updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.50-8.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.07.

11 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Sempra Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $136.00 to $173.00. On average, they expect Sempra Energy's stock price to reach $149.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.07%), Newport Trust Co (2.73%), Swiss National Bank (0.37%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.32%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.23%) and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (0.23%). Company insiders that own Sempra Energy stock include Andres Conesa, Cynthia Lynn Walker, Dennis V Arriola, Jeffrey W Martin, Joseph A Householder, 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 Bank of Nova Scotia, Newport Trust Co, First American Trust FSB, Reaves W H & Co. Inc., Centre Asset Management LLC, FDx Advisors Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Fulcrum Asset Management LLP.
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SRE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Strs Ohio, Davidson Investment Advisors, RNC Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Victory Capital Management Inc., and Envestnet Asset Management 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 $137.82.

Sempra Energy has a market capitalization of $41.72 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 14,706 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]