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Sempra (NYSE: SRE) closed the day trading at $76.37 up 0.46% from the previous closing price of $76.02. In other words, the price has increased by $0.46 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.69 million shares were traded. SRE stock price reached its highest trading level at $76.57 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $75.885.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of SRE, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.57 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:
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 ’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 48330452992 and an Enterprise Value of 86186426368. As of this moment, Sempra’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.91, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.82. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.87. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.55 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.71. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.245 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.536.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SRE is 0.74, which has changed by 0.042380452 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24125004 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 0.64%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.35%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SRE traded about 3.05M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SRE traded about 2744710 shares per day. 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 90.18% stake in the company. Shares short for SRE as of 1719532800 were 12664706 with a Short Ratio of 4.15, compared to 1717113600 on 11853575. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12664706 and a Short% of Float of 2.23.
Dividends & Splits
SRE’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.43, up from 2.4 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.031570643The 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.
