NYSE: SJW - SJW Group

Yield per half year: -24.4%
Sector: Utilities

Company Analysis SJW Group

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Current debt level 39.47% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 45.43%.

Disadvantages

  • Price (45.84 $) is higher than fair price (39.3 $)
  • Dividends (2.78%) are below the sector average (3.4%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (-23.32%) is lower than the sector average (-5.53%).
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=6.89%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=11.7%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.2. News

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2.3. Market efficiency

SJW Group Utilities Index
7 days -4.1% 0.1% 1.7%
90 days -20.2% -15.7% 4.6%
1 year -23.3% -5.5% 24.9%

SJW vs Sector: SJW Group has significantly underperformed the "Utilities" sector by -17.79% over the past year.

SJW vs Market: SJW Group has significantly underperformed the market by -48.2% over the past year.

Stable price: SJW is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: SJW with weekly volatility of -0.4484% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 24.78
P/S: 3.14

3.2. Revenue

EPS 2.68
ROE 6.89%
ROA 1.92%
ROIC 0%
Ebitda margin 38.57%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (45.84 $) is higher than the fair price (39.3 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (45.84 $) is 14.3% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (24.78) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (25.01).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (24.78) is lower than that of the market as a whole (47.66).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (1.71) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.28).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (1.71) is lower than that of the market as a whole (22.59).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (3.14) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (2.61).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (3.14) is lower than that of the market as a whole (15.21).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (14.87) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (6.5).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (14.87) is lower than that of the market as a whole (24.14).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 7.63% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (7.63%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-38.3%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (6.89%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (11.7%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (6.89%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (18.07%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (1.92%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3.22%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (1.92%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (6.49%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (6.26%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.31%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (39.47%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 45.43% to 39.47%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 2055.81%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 2.78% is below the average for the sector '3.4%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 2.78% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Dividend growth: Company's dividend yield 2.78% has been growing over the last 5 years. Growth over 30 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (56.37%) are at a comfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

Transaction date Insider Type Price Volume Quantity
07.05.2024 Patla Craig J
President of CTWS
Sale 55.62 77 868 1 400

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