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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 20th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.07%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 29th. View Sempra Energy's Dividend History.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) announced 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 had revenue of $2.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.28 billion. Sempra Energy had a return on equity of 8.30% and a net margin of 1.45%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Sempra Energy's stock. Their predictions range from $105.00 to $134.00. On average, they anticipate Sempra Energy's share price to reach $122.4444 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% 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 decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,854,249 shares, a decline of 27.5% from the May 31st total of 14,972,155 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,676,885 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 4.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Sempra Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Headlines about SRE stock have been trending positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Sempra Energy earned a daily sentiment score of 0.33 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 46.26 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Sempra Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rockland Trust Co. (0.04%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.04%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.03%), Bright Rock Capital Management LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and DnB Asset Management AS (0.01%). 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 First American Trust FSB, Bremer Trust National Association, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and CENTRAL TRUST Co. 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 bought 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, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, DnB Asset Management AS, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd and Pure Financial Advisors Inc.. 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 $116.51.

Sempra Energy has a market capitalization of $30.77 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]