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Sempra (NYSE: SRE) closed the day trading at $90.94 down -0.61% from the previous closing price of $91.50. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.61 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.89 million shares were traded. SRE stock price reached its highest trading level at $91.8 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $90.83.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of SRE, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.47 and its Current Ratio is at 0.52. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.16 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.04.
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 this company, Jefferies on October 24, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $98.
BMO Capital Markets Upgraded its Market Perform to Outperform on January 11, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $76 to $84.
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 Nov 20 ’24 when MIHALIK TREVOR I sold 23,713 shares for $93.09 per share. The transaction valued at 2,207,443 led to the insider holds 11,190 shares of the business.
MIHALIK TREVOR I bought 23,713 shares of SRE for $2,214,320 on Nov 20 ’24. On Jun 18 ’24, another insider, WALL PETER R, who serves as the SVP, Controller and CAO of the company, sold 6,100 shares for $75.07 each. As a result, the insider received 457,927 and left with 14,751 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 57956061184 and an Enterprise Value of 98806325248. As of this moment, Sempra’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 20.02, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 17.64. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.86. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.58 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.00. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.649 whereas that against EBITDA is 20.038.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, SRE has reached a high of $95.77, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $66.40. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.30%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 15.67%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SRE traded about 2.90M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SRE traded about 3325530 shares per day. A total of 633.21M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 633.03M. Insiders hold about 0.06% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.57% stake in the company. Shares short for SRE as of 1731628800 were 16597415 with a Short Ratio of 5.72, compared to 1728950400 on 11823122. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 16597415 and a Short% of Float of 2.91.
Dividends & Splits
SRE’s forward annual dividend rate is 3.08, up from 2.45 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.026958628The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.12.
