Sempra (NYSE: SRE) is -5.46% 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 $83.43 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.5%.
Currently trading at $82.93, the stock is 0.07% and -2.85% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.36 million and changing -0.60% at the moment leaves the stock 1.38% off its SMA200. SRE registered 19.03% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 4.99%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $85.589 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $81.74715.
The stock witnessed a 7.79% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.12%, and is 0.77% up 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 1.76% over the week and 2.15% over the month.
Sempra (SRE) has around 16835 employees, a market worth around $52.53B and $12.56B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.25 and Fwd P/E is 16.08. Profit margin for the company is 23.00%. Distance from 52-week low is 24.89% and -13.41% 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 2.78% 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.
The shares outstanding are 633.21M, and float is at 631.60M with Short Float at 1.37%.
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 5.3984 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 Larroque Alexander Lisa, the company’s SVP, Corp Affairs & HR. SEC filings show that Larroque Alexander Lisa sold 2,755 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 11 ’25 at a price of $81.93 per share for a total of $0.23 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 13905.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 30 ’25, Martin Jeffrey W (Chairman, CEO and President) disposed off 49,737 shares at an average price of $82.94 for $4.13 million. The insider now directly holds 2 shares of Sempra (SRE).
