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As of close of business last night, Sempra’s stock clocked out at $76.06, up 1.18% from its previous closing price of $75.17. In other words, the price has increased by $1.18 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.26 million shares were traded. SRE stock price reached its highest trading level at $75.86 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $75.01.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of SRE’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.57 and its Current Ratio is at 0.62. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.01.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, BMO Capital Markets on January 11, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Outperform and sets its target price to $84 from $76 previously.
On January 03, 2024, Ladenburg Thalmann started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $81.50.
JP Morgan Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on December 12, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $78 to $86.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 18 ’24 when WALL PETER R sold 6,100 shares for $75.07 per share. The transaction valued at 457,927 led to the insider holds 14,751 shares of the business.
MARK RICHARD J bought 1,925 shares of SRE for $150,092 on May 17 ’24. The Director now owns 5,420 shares after completing the transaction at $77.97 per share. On Mar 08 ’24, another insider, BIRD JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER, who serves as the Executive Vice President of the company, sold 6,278 shares for $70.60 each. As a result, the insider received 443,227 and left with 13,434 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SRE now has a Market Capitalization of 47571034112 and an Enterprise Value of 85427011584. As of this moment, Sempra’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.76. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.54 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.70. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.19 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.39.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SRE is 0.75, which has changed by 0.04250741 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.25510752 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SRE has reached a high of $78.83, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $63.75. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.14%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.13%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that SRE traded 3.15M shares on average per day over the past three months and 2955980 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 632.85M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 632.56M. Insiders hold about 0.04% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.38% stake in the company. Shares short for SRE as of 1718323200 were 12740785 with a Short Ratio of 4.04, compared to 1715731200 on 12293126. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12740785 and a Short% of Float of 2.2399999999999998.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 2.4, SRE has a forward annual dividend rate of 3.02. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.031927634The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.1. The current Payout Ratio is 49.70% for SRE, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-06-27 with an ex-dividend date of 1719446400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2023-08-22 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Investors are keenly observing as 8.0 analysts analyze and rate the current performance of Sempra (SRE) in the stock market.On average, analysts expect EPS of $1.02 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $1.09 and a low estimate of $0.95, while EPS last year was $0.94. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.14, with high estimates of $1.22 and low estimates of $1.0.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.9 and $4.71 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $4.81. EPS for the following year is $5.16, with 17.0 analysts recommending between $5.4 and $5.07.
Revenue Estimates
In the current quarter, 3 analysts expect revenue to total $3.51B. It ranges from a high estimate of $3.62B to a low estimate of $3.43B. As of the current estimate, Sempra’s year-ago sales were $3.33BFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $3.75B. There is a high estimate of $3.97B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $3.64B.
A total of 11 analysts have provided revenue estimates for SRE’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $17.56B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $14.42B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $16.19B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $16.72BBased on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $16.97B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $19.09B and the low estimate is $15.19B.
