North Dakota State Investment Board Buys Shares of 22,387 Sempra Energy $SRE

North Dakota State Investment Board bought a new stake in shares of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm bought 22,387 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,977,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Ares Financial Consulting LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Sempra Energy during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Activest Wealth Management boosted its stake in shares of Sempra Energy by 74.6% during the 3rd quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 391 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 167 shares during the period. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new stake in shares of Sempra Energy during the 4th quarter valued at $35,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC lifted its stake in shares of Sempra Energy by 88.8% in the 4th quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 406 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 191 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPL Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Sempra Energy in the 3rd quarter valued at $41,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.65% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 price objective (up from $96.00) on shares of Sempra Energy in a research note on Friday, March 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Sempra Energy from $98.00 to $106.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Sempra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Sunday, May 10th. Argus raised shares of Sempra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $105.00 price objective (up from $95.00) on shares of Sempra Energy in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $102.67.

Sempra Energy Stock Down 0.4%

SRE stock opened at $90.09 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 1.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. Sempra Energy has a 1 year low of $73.06 and a 1 year high of $101.04. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $94.63 and a 200 day simple moving average of $91.97. The firm has a market cap of $58.89 billion, a PE ratio of 30.54, a PEG ratio of 3.41 and a beta of 0.60.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The utilities provider reported $1.51 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.51. The firm had revenue of $3.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.10 billion. Sempra Energy had a net margin of 14.31% and a return on equity of 8.20%. The business’s revenue was down 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.44 EPS. Sempra Energy has set its FY 2027 guidance at 5.100-5.700 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.870-5.370 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Sempra Energy will post 5.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sempra Energy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 25th will be given a dividend of $0.6575 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $2.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. Sempra Energy’s payout ratio is currently 89.15%.

Insider Activity

In other Sempra Energy news, CAO Dyan Z. Wold sold 1,539 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.38, for a total transaction of $146,789.82. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 4,633 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $441,895.54. The trade was a 24.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Diana L. Day sold 3,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.13, for a total transaction of $304,029.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 22,870 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,107,013.10. This represents a 12.61% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders have acquired 6,192 shares of company stock worth $576,979 and have sold 10,839 shares worth $1,010,935. Insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.

Sempra Energy Company Profile

Sempra Energy is a San Diego–based energy infrastructure company that develops, owns and operates businesses delivering electricity and natural gas. Its operations include regulated utility services that provide electric and gas distribution to residential, commercial and industrial customers, as well as non‑regulated infrastructure businesses that develop and manage large-scale energy assets.

The company’s product and service portfolio spans electricity and natural gas delivery, transmission and storage, liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, power generation and electric transmission projects.