Sanctuary Advisors LLC Purchases Shares of 112,471 Sempra Energy $SRE

Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 112,471 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $10,427,000.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Sempra Energy by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 76,734,070 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $6,774,907,000 after purchasing an additional 1,008,476 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Sempra Energy in the second quarter valued at about $5,588,577,000. State Street Corp lifted its position in 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 buying an additional 1,824,280 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in Sempra Energy by 17.0% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 22,330,091 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,971,524,000 after buying an additional 3,250,783 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Sempra Energy by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 14,298,845 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,256,592,000 after buying an additional 116,554 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.65% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Sempra Energy

In other news, EVP Caroline Ann Winn sold 8,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 25,164 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,278,600.20. The trade was a 24.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on SRE shares. Barclays lowered their price objective 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 target price on shares of Sempra Energy and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group set a $101.00 price target on shares of Sempra Energy in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Sempra Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, July 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of Sempra Energy from $108.00 to $104.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. One investment 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $103.62.

Sempra Energy Price Performance

Shares of SRE stock opened at $84.57 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $90.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $92.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a current ratio of 1.64. Sempra Energy has a 52-week low of $78.97 and a 52-week high of $101.04. The stock has a market cap of $55.30 billion, a PE ratio of 24.51, a PEG ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 0.57.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $3 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.14 billion. Sempra Energy had a net margin of 16.70% and a return on equity of 8.49%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. 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. As a group, analysts forecast that Sempra Energy will post 5.12 EPS for the current year.

About Sempra Energy

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.