SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.900-3.000 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.950. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

SJW Group Stock Performance

SJW traded down $1.47 on Thursday, reaching $51.82. 97,673 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 283,726. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.77. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $49.74 and its 200 day moving average price is $54.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.70 billion, a PE ratio of 18.75, a PEG ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 0.65. SJW Group has a fifty-two week low of $44.91 and a fifty-two week high of $62.18.

SJW Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share. This is a boost from SJW Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 10th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.24%. SJW Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 60.87%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SJW. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on shares of SJW Group from $61.00 to $53.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Bank of America upgraded SJW Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and cut their price target for the company from $59.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, February 3rd.

SJW Group Company Profile

SJW Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in the United States. It operates in Water Utility Services and Real Estate Services segments. The company engages in the production, purchase, storage, purification, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of water and wastewater services; and supplies groundwater from wells, surface water from watershed run-off and diversion, reclaimed water, and imported water purchased from the Santa Clara Valley Water District.