Sempra [SRE] stock Downgrade by Jefferies analyst, price target now $77

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Sempra [NYSE: SRE] price surged by 1.80 percent to reach at $1.27.

The one-year SRE stock forecast points to a potential upside of 10.85. The average equity rating for SRE stock is currently 2.00, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.

Guru’s Opinion on Sempra [SRE]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for SRE shares is $80.65 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on SRE stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Jefferies have made an estimate for Sempra shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on March 03, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Barclays dropped their target price from $95 to $72. The new note on the price target was released on February 27, 2025, representing the official price target for Sempra stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $95 to $78, while UBS kept a Neutral rating on SRE stock. On February 26, 2025, analysts decreased their price target for SRE shares from 99 to 76.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Sempra is set at 2.92, with the Price to Sales ratio for SRE stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.62. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.54, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.43.

SRE Stock Performance Analysis:

Sempra [SRE] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.30. With this latest performance, SRE shares dropped by -12.94% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -12.51% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 2.91% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for SRE stock in for the last two-week period is set at 31.99, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 30.06, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 34.09 for Sempra [SRE]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 82.30, while it was recorded at 71.49 for the last single week of trading, and 82.10 for the last 200 days.

Insight into Sempra Fundamentals:

Sempra’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.49 and a Current Ratio set at 0.55.

SRE Stock EPS

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for SRE. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Sempra go to 5.44%.

Sempra [SRE] Institutonal Ownership Details

The top three institutional holders of SRE stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 64.36 million shares, which is approximately 10.1605%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 61.79 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$4.7 billion in SRE stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$4.11 billion in SRE stock with ownership which is approximately 8.5396%.