PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab Buys 16,354 Shares of Sempra Energy $SRE

PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab increased its stake in shares of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) by 15.7% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 120,575 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 16,354 shares during the quarter. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab’s holdings in Sempra Energy were worth $11,179,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Sempra Energy by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 76,734,070 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $6,774,907,000 after acquiring an additional 1,008,476 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Sempra Energy by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 36,810,449 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $3,273,460,000 after purchasing an additional 1,824,280 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its position in shares of Sempra Energy by 17.0% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 22,330,091 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,971,524,000 after purchasing an additional 3,250,783 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Sempra Energy by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 14,298,845 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,256,592,000 after purchasing an additional 116,554 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in Sempra Energy by 16.6% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 12,163,523 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,073,918,000 after purchasing an additional 1,735,516 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.65% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Sempra Energy

Here are the key news stories impacting Sempra Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Sempra reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.16 per share, up from $0.89 a year ago and $0.15 above consensus. GAAP earnings rose to $796 million, or $1.21 per share, from $461 million, supported by stronger utility and infrastructure results. Sempra Reports Strong Second-Quarter 2026 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Oncor, Sempra’s Texas transmission and distribution utility, reported net income of $428 million, compared with $259 million a year earlier. Growth was driven by higher regulated revenues, new base rates, surcharge recovery, infrastructure investment and customer growth. ONCOR REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2026 RESULTS
• Positive Sentiment: SoCalGas approved the retirement of all outstanding preferred shares, a move intended to simplify its capital structure and provide immediate value to shareholders. SoCalGas Preferred Stock Retirement
• Neutral Sentiment: Management maintained 2026 adjusted EPS guidance of $4.80–$5.30 and 2027 guidance of $5.10–$5.70, indicating continued expected earnings growth but leaving the guidance midpoints below analyst consensus estimates. Sempra Q2 Key Metrics
• Negative Sentiment: Second-quarter revenue was approximately $3.0 billion, below the $3.14 billion estimate and essentially flat year over year. The revenue miss and guidance that trails consensus appear to be outweighing the earnings beat, contributing to the stock’s decline. Sempra Q2 Earnings and Revenue

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SRE has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group set a $101.00 price objective on shares of Sempra Energy in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Truist Financial set a $104.00 target price on shares of Sempra Energy and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Sempra Energy from $105.00 to $103.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. BMO Capital Markets set a $102.00 price target on shares of Sempra Energy and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, TD Cowen began coverage on shares of Sempra Energy in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $104.23.

Sempra Energy Price Performance

Shares of SRE stock opened at $84.06 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 1.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. Sempra Energy has a twelve month low of $78.97 and a twelve month high of $101.04. The company has a market cap of $54.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.36, a P/E/G ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 0.57. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $91.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $92.30.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.15. Sempra Energy had a return on equity of 8.49% and a net margin of 16.70%.The business had revenue of $3 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.14 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.89 earnings per share. Sempra Energy’s revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. Sempra Energy has set its FY 2027 guidance at 5.100-5.700 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.800-5.300 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Sempra Energy will post 5.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sempra Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th were paid a $0.6575 dividend. This represents a $2.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.1%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 25th. Sempra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 89.15%.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Diana L. Day sold 3,300 shares of Sempra Energy stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.13, for a total transaction of $304,029.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 22,870 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,107,013.10. The trade was a 12.61% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Caroline Ann Winn sold 8,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.55, for a total transaction of $724,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,164 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,278,600.20. This represents a 24.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders have sold 13,900 shares of company stock worth $1,261,207. Corporate insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.

Sempra Energy 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.