Janus Henderson Group PLC Grows Position in Sempra Energy $SRE

Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its stake in Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) by 316.9% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 328,845 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 249,957 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC’s holdings in Sempra Energy were worth $31,955,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Centaurus Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Sempra Energy by 2.0% during the 1st quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 13,998 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,360,000 after buying an additional 276 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Investment Advisors MI increased its holdings in Sempra Energy by 8.2% in the 1st quarter. Strategic Investment Advisors MI now owns 8,784 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $853,000 after acquiring an additional 667 shares in the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd raised its stake in Sempra Energy by 13.7% during the 1st quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 8,414 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $818,000 after acquiring an additional 1,017 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Sempra Energy by 21.7% during the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,965 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $482,000 after purchasing an additional 886 shares during the period. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted its holdings in Sempra Energy by 5.5% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 1,522,855 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $147,974,000 after buying an additional 79,147 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.65% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Sempra Energy news, EVP Caroline Ann Winn sold 8,000 shares of the firm’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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,164 shares in the company, valued at $2,278,600.20. This trade represents a 24.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Pablo Ferrero sold 2,600 shares of Sempra Energy stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.53, for a total value of $232,778.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 15,423 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,380,821.19. The trade was a 14.43% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over 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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have commented on SRE shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Sempra Energy in a report on Friday, July 17th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $101.00 price objective on Sempra Energy in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. BMO Capital Markets set a $102.00 target price on Sempra Energy and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $118.00 target price on shares of Sempra Energy in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Truist Financial set a $104.00 price target on Sempra Energy and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $104.23.

Sempra Energy Stock Performance

SRE opened at $88.71 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.66 and a current ratio of 1.69. The stock has a market capitalization of $57.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.07, a PEG ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a fifty day moving average of $91.77 and a 200 day moving average of $92.51. Sempra Energy has a fifty-two week low of $78.97 and a fifty-two week high of $101.04.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The utilities provider reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.51. Sempra Energy had a net margin of 14.31% and a return on equity of 8.20%. The business had revenue of $3.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.44 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 3.9% 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 4.870-5.370 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Sempra Energy will post 5.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Sempra Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 25th were given a $0.6575 dividend. This represents a $2.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 25th. Sempra Energy’s payout ratio is currently 89.15%.

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.