Quantbot Technologies LP Takes $5.79 Million Position in Sempra Energy $SRE

Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new position in Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 62,478 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $5,792,000.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bell Investment Advisors Inc raised its holdings in Sempra Energy by 79.5% during the first quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 262 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in Sempra Energy in the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. bought a new position in Sempra Energy in the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Ares Financial Consulting LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sempra Energy during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Finally, Silvant Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sempra Energy during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Institutional investors own 89.65% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on SRE shares. Truist Financial set a $100.00 price objective on Sempra Energy and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Sempra Energy from $105.00 to $103.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 9th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Sempra Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 25th. Morgan Stanley decreased 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. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group set a $101.00 price objective on shares of Sempra Energy in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Sempra Energy has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $103.62.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Caroline Ann Winn sold 8,000 shares of the business’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 sale, the executive vice president owned 25,164 shares in the company, valued at $2,278,600.20. The trade was a 24.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.31% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Sempra Energy Trading Down 5.2%

Shares of Sempra Energy stock opened at $82.87 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.64 and a quick ratio of 1.62. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $90.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $92.18. Sempra Energy has a 1 year low of $78.97 and a 1 year high of $101.04. The company has a market capitalization of $54.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 0.57.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $3 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.14 billion. Sempra Energy had a net margin of 16.70% and a return on equity of 8.49%. The company’s revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 earnings per share. 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. Research 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.