How to buy SJW Group Common Stock stock (SJW)

SJW Group Common Stock is an utilities - regulated water business based in the US. SJW Group Common Stock shares (SJW) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $49.07 – a decrease of 8.23% over the previous week. SJW Group Common Stock employs 808 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $722 million.

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SJW Group Common Stock stock price (NYSE: SJW)

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SJW Group Common Stock shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$49.07
52-week range	$50.30 - $65.95
50-day moving average more info button	$55.76
200-day moving average more info button	$56.44
Wall St. target price	$64.33
PE ratio more info button	18.4079
Dividend yield more info button	$1.58 (3.13%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$2.77

Is it a good time to buy SJW Group Common Stock stock?

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SJW Group Common Stock price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $50.2 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-16)	-6.86%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-9.61%
3 months (2024-09-23)	-14.61%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-4.09%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-24.52%
2 years (2022-12-22)	-33.99%
3 years (2021-12-22)	65.5697
5 years (2019-12-20)	63.7286

Is SJW Group Common Stock stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing SJW Group Common Stock stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of SJW Group Common Stock's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

SJW Group Common Stock's P/E ratio

SJW Group Common Stock's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 18x. In other words, SJW Group Common Stock shares trade at around 18x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

SJW Group Common Stock's PEG ratio

SJW Group Common Stock's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.8291. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into SJW Group Common Stock's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

SJW Group Common Stock's EBITDA

SJW Group Common Stock's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $279.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a SJW Group Common Stock's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

SJW Group Common Stock financials

Revenue TTM	$722 million
Operating margin TTM	26.35%
Gross profit TTM	$357.2 million
Return on assets TTM	2.47%
Return on equity TTM	7.05%
Profit margin	12.47%
Book value	$40.14
Market Capitalization more info button	$1.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

SJW Group Common Stock share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 57.97% of net profits

Recently SJW Group Common Stock has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), SJW Group Common Stock shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In SJW Group Common Stock's case, that would currently equate to about $1.58 per share.

SJW Group Common Stock's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

SJW Group Common Stock's most recent dividend payout was on 1 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 3 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have SJW Group Common Stock's shares ever split?

SJW Group Common Stock's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 16 March 2006 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your SJW Group Common Stock shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for SJW Group Common Stock shares which in turn could have impacted SJW Group Common Stock's share price.

SJW Group Common Stock share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, SJW Group Common Stock's shares have ranged in value from as little as $50.299 up to $65.9464. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while SJW Group Common Stock's is 0.621. This would suggest that SJW Group Common Stock's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

SJW Group Common Stock overview

SJW Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in the United States. It operates in Water Utility Services and Real Estate Services segments. The company engages in the production, purchase, storage, purification, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of water and wastewater services; and supplies groundwater from wells, surface water from watershed run-off and diversion, reclaimed water, and imported water purchased from the Santa Clara Valley Water District. It also offers non-tariffed services, including water system operations, maintenance agreements, and antenna site leases; contracted services, sewer operations, and other water related services to water utilities; and a Linebacker protection plan for public drinking water customers in Connecticut and Maine. In addition, the company provides water service to approximately 232,400 connections that serve approximately one million people residing in portions of the cities of San Jose and Cupertino and in the cities of Campbell, Monte Sereno, Saratoga, and the Town of Los Gatos; adjacent unincorporated territories in the County of Santa Clara in the State of California; water service to approximately 141,000 service connections, which serve approximately 461,000 people in 81 municipalities with a service area of approximately 272 square miles in Connecticut and Maine and approximately 3,000 wastewater connections in Southbury, Connecticut; approximately 28,000 service connections that serve approximately 83,000 people in a service area comprising approximately 271 square miles in the region between San Antonio and Austin, Texas; and approximately 950 wastewater connections. Further, it owns undeveloped land in California and Tennessee; commercial and warehouse properties in Tennessee; and commercial properties and parcels of land in Connecticut. The company was formerly known as SJW Corp.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of SJW Group Common Stock is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 8.468% of SJW Group Common Stock shares are held by insiders and 83.427% by institutions. How many people work for SJW Group Common Stock?
Latest data suggests 808 work at SJW Group Common Stock. When does the fiscal year end for SJW Group Common Stock?
SJW Group Common Stock's fiscal year ends in December. Where is SJW Group Common Stock based?
SJW Group Common Stock's address is: 110 West Taylor Street, San Jose, CA, United States, 95110 What is SJW Group Common Stock's ISIN number?
SJW Group Common Stock's international securities identification number is: US7843051043 What is SJW Group Common Stock's CUSIP number?
SJW Group Common Stock's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 784305104