News coverage about Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing 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 positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Sempra Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.21 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 45.7980309458204 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near future.
Here are some of the headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment Analysis’s analysis:
- Reilly Financial Advisors LLC Holds Position in Sempra Energy (SRE) (elcumanes.com)
- Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG Delay Isn’t Getting in the Way of Earnings (billingsgazette.com)
- Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) Stock Rating Lowered by BidaskClub (overnewsmagazine.com)
- Sempra Energy's Cameron LNG Delay Isn't Getting in the Way of Earnings (finance.yahoo.com)
- Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) Receives Consensus Rating of “Buy” from Brokerages (americanbankingnews.com)
Shares of Sempra Energy (SRE) traded down 0.65% on Wednesday, hitting $116.73. 821,676 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged. The stock has a market cap of $29.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.09 and a beta of 0.54. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $113.25 and its 200 day moving average price is $110.71. Sempra Energy has a 12-month low of $92.95 and a 12-month high of $117.97.
Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August 4th. The utilities provider reported $1.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $2.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.46 billion. Sempra Energy had a net margin of 15.51% and a return on equity of 9.11%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.79 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts predict that Sempra Energy will post $5.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Saturday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 7th were issued a dividend of $0.8225 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 5th. This represents a $3.29 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.82%. Sempra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 48.74%.
A number of equities analysts recently commented on SRE shares. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of Sempra Energy from $133.00 to $129.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 28th. BidaskClub lowered shares of Sempra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, July 31st. Barclays PLC lowered shares of Sempra Energy from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and set a $121.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Thursday, June 8th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Sempra Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “buy” rating and set a $117.00 price objective on shares of Sempra Energy in a report on Monday, July 24th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. The stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $120.43.
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In other Sempra Energy news, CEO Debra L. Reed sold 23,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $113.43, for a total transaction of $2,608,890.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 112,345 shares in the company, valued at $12,743,293.35. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.17% of the company’s stock.
Sempra Energy Company Profile
Sempra Energy is a holding company. The Company’s principal operating units are Sempra Utilities, which includes its San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and Sempra South American Utilities segments, and Sempra Infrastructure, which includes its Sempra Mexico, Sempra Renewables and Sempra LNG & Midstream segments.
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