Sempra Energy (SRE) Raises Quarterly Dividend 7.9% to $0.755; 3.1% Yield

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Sempra Energy Raises Annualized Dividend By 8 Percent

February 19, 2016 2:28 PM EST

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) today announced that its board of directors has approved an 8-percent increase in the dividend on shares of the company's common stock to $3.02 per share, on an annualized basis, from $2.80 per share. 

The first quarterly installment of the new dividend, $0.755 per share, is payable April 15, 2016, to shareholders of record on March 25, 2016.

Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with 2014 revenues of $11 billion.  The Sempra Energy... More