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What should you know before buying stock in Sempra (SRE)

Sempra (NYSE: SRE) is -19.35% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $64.89 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 $71.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.31%.

Currently trading at $70.75, the stock is -3.91% and -10.57% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.92 million and changing -0.44% at the moment leaves the stock -13.48% off its SMA200. SRE registered 0.75% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -14.73%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $79.1124 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $81.7737.

The stock witnessed a -15.87% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -19.54%, and is 2.85% 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 2.52% over the week and 3.37% over the month.

Sempra (SRE) has around 16773 employees, a market worth around $46.09B and $12.96B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.01 and Fwd P/E is 14.09. Profit margin for the company is 21.74%. Distance from 52-week low is 9.03% and -26.13% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.47%).

with sales reaching $3.9B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -2.26% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 27.92% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.05% in year-over-year returns.

Sempra (SRE) Top Institutional Holders

1612.0 institutions hold shares in Sempra (SRE), with institutional investors hold 91.41% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 651.46M, and float is at 650.99M with Short Float at 1.39%. Institutions hold 91.35% 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 5.3984 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 WALL PETER R, the company’s SVP, Controller and CAO. SEC filings show that WALL PETER R sold 8,192 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 18 ’25 at a price of $70.81 per share for a total of $0.58 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 11867.0 shares.

Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 17 ’25, Ferrero Pablo (Director) acquired 2,600 shares at an average price of $70.96 for $0.18 million. The insider now directly holds 15,649 shares of Sempra (SRE).

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