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Sempra Energy SRE reported fourth-quarter 2024 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.50, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.63 by 8%. However, the figure improved 32.7% from $1.13 reported in the prior-year quarter.
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Including one-time items, the company generated GAAP earnings of $1.04 per share compared with $1.16 in the fourth quarter of 2023.
For 2024, the company reported adjusted EPS of $4.65, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.76. However, the full-year bottom-line figure improved from $4.61 reported a year ago.
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Total Revenues
Sempra’s total revenues of $3.76 billion increased 7.6% from $3.49 billion in the year-ago quarter. This was driven by higher revenue contributions from the Natural gas and Electric business units.
The top line, however, missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.88 billion by 23.1%.
For 2024, the company posted revenues of $13.19 billion, which declined from $16.72 billion recorded last year. The full-year top line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $15.31 billion.
Segmental Update
Sempra California: Quarterly earnings amounted to $701 million compared with the year-ago quarter’s level of $500 million.
Sempra Texas Utility: Earnings in this segment declined from $146 million in the year-ago quarter to $135 million.
Sempra Infrastructure: The segment recorded earnings of $259 million compared with $131 million in the year-ago quarter.
Parent and Other: The segment reported a loss of $430 million, wider than the prior-year period’s loss of $40 million.
Financial Update
As of Dec. 31, 2024, Sempra’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $1,565 million compared with $236 million as of Dec. 31, 2023.
As of Dec. 31, 2024, long-term debt and finance leases amounted to $31.56 billion compared with $27.76 billion as of Dec. 31, 2023.
Cash flow from operating activities decreased from $6.22 billion in 2023 to $4.91 billion in 2024.
Guidance
Sempra revised its 2025 earnings projection. The company now expects its adjusted EPS to be in the range of $4.30-$4.70, lower than the earlier guidance of $4.90-$5.25. The Zacks Consensus Estimate is pegged at $5.13, lower than the company’s guided range.
SRE expects its 2026 earnings to be in the range of $4.80-$5.30 per share.
It raised its projection for long-term EPS growth rate to 7-9% from 6-8%.
Zacks Rank
Sempra currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.