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New Jersey Resources Corporation (NYSE: NJR) closed the day trading at $47.25 down -1.73% from the previous closing price of $48.08. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.53 million shares were traded. NJR stock price reached its highest trading level at $48.19 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $46.94.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of NJR, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.40 and its Current Ratio is at 0.73. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.58 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.43.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, Raymond James on June 13, 2025, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $49. On April 01, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $51. JP Morgan Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on December 12, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $52 to $54.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 18 ’25 when Migliaccio Patrick J. sold 1,500 shares for $44.22 per share. The transaction valued at 66,330 led to the insider holds 35,690 shares of the business.
Bel Roberto sold 1,173 shares of NJR for $58,650 on Mar 31 ’25. The SVP and CFO now owns 22,649 shares after completing the transaction at $50.00 per share. On Mar 31 ’25, another insider, Bel Roberto, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 1,173 shares for $50.00 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NJR now has a Market Capitalization of 4760146944. As of this moment, New’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.19, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.11. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 5.25. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.34 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.99.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NJR is 0.62, which has changed by -0.058202088 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12607694 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NJR has reached a high of $51.79, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $43.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.73%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.87%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, NJR traded about 587.53K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, NJR traded about 695730 shares per day. A total of 100.48M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 100.12M. Insiders hold about 0.62% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.11% stake in the company. Shares short for NJR as of 1763078400 were 2226705 with a Short Ratio of 3.79, compared to 1760486400 on 2186475. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2226705 and a Short% of Float of 3.15.
Dividends & Splits
NJR’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.82, up from 1.825 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03795757. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.51. The current Payout Ratio is 54.80% for NJR, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-09-22 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-12. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-03-04 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
