SJW Group (SJW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SJW Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" SJW shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SJW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for SJW Group's shares. Their SJW share price targets range from $60.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $66.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price.
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SJW Group's stock was trading at $65.35 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SJW shares have decreased by 19.6% and is now trading at $52.56.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 21st. The utilities provider reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $171.34 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $161.23 million. SJW Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.10% and a net margin of 12.68%. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.09 EPS.

SJW Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 25th. Investors of record on Monday, February 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.04%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 2nd. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19.
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SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.03%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 57 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 59.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SJW will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.69% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities & Communication Services ETF (PSCU), Roundhill S&P Dividend Monarchs ETF (KNGS), First Trust Water ETF (FIW), Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB), iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF (EFRA), Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV).

SJW Group issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.680-2.780 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.780. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

5 employees have rated SJW Group Chief Executive Officer Rich Roth on Glassdoor.com. Rich Roth has an approval rating of 60% among the company's employees. This puts Rich Roth in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SJW Group investors own include California Water Service Group (CWT), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Williams Companies (WMB), McDonald's (MCD), Altria Group (MO), Pfizer (PFE), Aflac (AFL), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Medtronic (MDT) and PepsiCo (PEP).

SJW Group's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Gere, Carl Guardino, Craig J Patla, James Patrick Lynch and Katharine Armstrong.
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