Big Money Sentiment decreased to 1.29 in Q4 2018. It has change of 0.08, from 2018Q3’s 1.37. The ratio turned negative due to SRE positioning: 42 sold and 157 reduced. 64 funds took stakes and 192 increased stakes. Investors holded 229.67 million in 2018Q3 but now own 240.49 million shares or 4.71% more. Creative Planning owns 0.01% invested in Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) for 23,023 shs. Allstate holds 17,837 shs. Griffin Asset Management Inc holds 0.64% or 35,000 shs in its capital. Baystate Wealth Mgmt accumulated 57 shs. State Of Alaska Department Of Revenue holds 67,088 shs. Jennison Ltd Liability Company holds 0.11% or 887,551 shs in its capital. Rhumbline Advisers reported 486,036 shs or 0.11% of all its holdings. Robeco Institutional Asset Management Bv holds 0.02% or 40,253 shs in its capital. Oregon Employees Retirement Fund stated it has 3.10M shs or 0.02% of all its holdings. Amp Capital Investors Ltd accumulated 1.06 million shs. Meyer Handelman holds 39,704 shs or 0.24% of its capital. Alpha Cubed Invests Ltd Liability Co holds 5,264 shs or 0.09% of its capital. Kistler invested 0.03% of its capital in Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE). Bailard accumulated 3,089 shs. Janney Montgomery Scott Llc holds 12,459 shs.

SRE had 6 insider sales and 0 insider purchases since November 9, 2018. This’s net activity of $6.41 million. WALL PETER R also sold $117,761 worth of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) shs. On Friday, November 9 MIHALIK TREVOR I also sold $554,906 worth of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE). SCHENK LYNN sold $535,450 worth of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) or 5,000 shs on Wednesday, January 2. REED DEBRA L sold $3.20 million worth of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) on Friday, November 9. Another trade for 5,705 shs valued at $670,794 was sold by Martin Jeffrey W.

Based on the latest 2018Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC, Sterling Global Strategies Llc decreased its stake in Sempra Energy (SRE) by 3.45%. The company’s stock rose 7.14% with the market as Sterling Global Strategies Llc sold 130 shares. The natural gas distribution company reported $393.52 million value for the 2018Q4. Now the institutional investor is holding 3,637 shares, compared to the 3,767 from the previous quarter. $34.51 billion is Sempra Energy’s MC. Ticker’s shares touched $125.86 during the last trading session after 1.13% change.Sempra Energy has volume of 1.17M shares. Since March 31, 2018 SRE has risen 12.72% and is uptrending. SRE outperformed by 8.35% the S&P500.

Sterling Global Strategies Llc operates about $288.00M and $19.70B US Long portfolio. Its stake in Amazon Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) was increased by 4 shares to 122 shares valued at $183.24M in 2018Q4, according to the filing. Sterling Global Strategies Llc has risen its stake in Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) and also increased its holding in Goldman Sachs Etf Tr by 50,155 shares in the quarter, for a total of 54,366 shares.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) is expected to publish earnings on May, 6., as reported by RTT. This year’s EPS analyst estimate is expected to be $1.68. That is 17.48 % up compareed to $1.43 EPS for last year. SRE’s profit could reach $460.63M with 18.73 P/E in case $1.68 EPS is announced. Wall Street forecasts 7.69 % EPS growth as of May, 6.

For more Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) news released recently go to: Seekingalpha.com, Seekingalpha.com, Seekingalpha.com, Seekingalpha.com or Businesswire.com. The titles are as follows: “Sempra Energy declares $0.9675 dividend – Seeking Alpha” released on February 22, 2019, “Saudi Arabia Has Oil. Now It Wants U.S. Natural Gas – Seeking Alpha” on March 10, 2019, “Texas power grid operator foresees record demand, more alerts this summer – Seeking Alpha” with a publish date: March 06, 2019, “California considers PUC overhaul after PG&E bankruptcy – WSJ – Seeking Alpha” and the last “Williams Industrial Services Appoints Steven D. Davis to Board of Directors – Business Wire” with publication date: March 27, 2019.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) Ratings Coverage

Total analysts of 3 have positions in Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) as follows: 2 rated it a “Buy”, 0 with “Sell” and 1 with “Hold”. The positive are 67%. Since October 11, 2018 according to StockzIntelligence Inc Sempra Energy has 8 analyst reports. On Wednesday, March 13 the rating was maintained by Morgan Stanley with “Hold”. On Wednesday, February 27 Wells Fargo maintained Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) rating. Wells Fargo has “Outperform” rating and $130 target. On Thursday, March 28 the stock of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) earned “Equal-Weight” rating by Morgan Stanley. On Monday, February 11 the stock has “Outperform” rating by Wells Fargo. On Thursday, November 8 the rating was maintained by Wells Fargo with “Outperform”. On Thursday, October 11 the rating was upgraded by Bank of America to “Buy”.