Sempra (NYSE: SRE) is -7.17% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $66.40 and a high of $95.77 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SRE stock was last observed hovering at around $82.59 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.16%.
Currently trading at $81.43, the stock is -1.17% and -6.13% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.76 million and changing -1.40% at the moment leaves the stock -0.03% off its SMA200. SRE registered 12.55% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -0.38%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $86.9908 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $81.38575.
The stock witnessed a -6.54% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.33%, and is -0.39% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.81% over the week and 2.53% over the month.
Sempra (SRE) has around 16835 employees, a market worth around $51.58B and $12.56B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.92 and Fwd P/E is 15.78. Profit margin for the company is 23.00%. Distance from 52-week low is 22.64% and -14.97% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.76%).
with sales reaching $4.9B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 2.99% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -5.65% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 40.43% in year-over-year returns.
Sempra (SRE) Top Institutional Holders
1530.0 institutions hold shares in Sempra (SRE), with institutional investors hold 91.90% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 633.21M, and float is at 633.01M with Short Float at 1.33%. Institutions hold 91.87% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 64.36 million shares valued at $4.9 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.1605% of the SRE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 61.79 million shares valued at $4.7 billion to account for 9.7553 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS which holds 54.09 million shares representing 8.5396% and valued at over $4.11 billion, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 5.4037 of the shares totaling 34.2 million with a market value of $2.6 billion.
Sempra (SRE) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Martin Jeffrey W, the company’s Chairman, CEO and President. SEC filings show that Martin Jeffrey W sold 49,737 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 30 ’25 at a price of $82.94 per share for a total of $4.13 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 23 ’25, WALL PETER R (Officer) Proposed Sale 3,923 shares at an average price of $83.01 for $0.33 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Sempra (SRE).
