Virtu Financial LLC Takes Position in Sempra Energy $SRE

Virtu Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 6,726 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $594,000.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its holdings in Sempra Energy by 52.5% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 18,008 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,285,000 after buying an additional 6,196 shares during the period. Woodline Partners LP increased its stake in shares of Sempra Energy by 40.7% during the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 53,512 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $3,819,000 after buying an additional 15,474 shares during the period. Baird Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Sempra Energy by 6.2% during the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 14,699 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,114,000 after acquiring an additional 858 shares in the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC lifted its stake in Sempra Energy by 78.5% in the second quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC now owns 771 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $58,000 after acquiring an additional 339 shares during the period. Finally, Sei Investments Co. lifted its stake in Sempra Energy by 80.0% in the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 423,280 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $32,072,000 after acquiring an additional 188,131 shares during the period. 89.65% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Sempra Energy

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 shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,278,600.20. This trade represents a 24.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Pablo Ferrero sold 2,600 shares of the business’s 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. This represents a 14.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 15,028 shares of company stock worth $1,370,273 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on SRE. Truist Financial set a $104.00 price objective on shares of Sempra Energy and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 18th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on shares of Sempra Energy from $105.00 to $103.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Sempra Energy in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $105.00 price target (up from $95.00) on shares of Sempra Energy in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. Finally, Argus raised shares of Sempra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $102.67.

Sempra Energy Price Performance

Shares of SRE stock opened at $91.55 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 1.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The stock has a market cap of $59.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.03, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.57. The business’s fifty day moving average is $92.20 and its 200 day moving average is $91.68. Sempra Energy has a twelve month low of $73.18 and a twelve month high of $101.04.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The utilities provider reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.51. The firm had revenue of $3.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.10 billion. Sempra Energy had a net margin of 14.31% and a return on equity of 8.20%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $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. Research analysts expect that Sempra Energy will post 5.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sempra Energy Dividend Announcement

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