Dominion Energy Inc. $D Shares Bought by Paradigm Capital Management LLC NV

Paradigm Capital Management LLC NV boosted its holdings in shares of Dominion Energy Inc. (NYSE:D) by 194.0% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 13,155 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 8,680 shares during the period. Paradigm Capital Management LLC NV’s holdings in Dominion Energy were worth $771,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of D. Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in Dominion Energy by 22.4% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 54,850,042 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $3,355,175,000 after acquiring an additional 10,049,691 shares during the period. Mizuho Markets Americas LLC grew its holdings in Dominion Energy by 139.3% during the third quarter. Mizuho Markets Americas LLC now owns 867,500 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $53,065,000 after acquiring an additional 3,073,835 shares during the period. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd grew its holdings in Dominion Energy by 84,502.3% during the third quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 1,735,194 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $106,150,000 after acquiring an additional 1,733,143 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in Dominion Energy by 4.4% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 30,746,146 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,880,742,000 after acquiring an additional 1,298,881 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Dominion Energy by 10.8% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 11,545,003 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $706,208,000 after acquiring an additional 1,129,130 shares during the period. 73.04% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

D has been the subject of several analyst reports. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Dominion Energy from $66.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Dominion Energy from $63.00 to $67.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Dominion Energy in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Dominion Energy from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on Dominion Energy from $69.00 to $68.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $66.31.

Dominion Energy Price Performance

Shares of Dominion Energy stock opened at $67.50 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $62.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $61.41. Dominion Energy Inc. has a 12 month low of $53.36 and a 12 month high of $68.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.97, a PEG ratio of 3.25 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.38, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.61.

Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) last announced its earnings results on Friday, May 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.05. Dominion Energy had a return on equity of 9.63% and a net margin of 16.93%.The business had revenue of $5.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.43 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.93 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 23.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Dominion Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.450-3.690 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Dominion Energy Inc. will post 3.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Dominion Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.6675 per share. This represents a $2.67 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. Dominion Energy’s payout ratio is 78.99%.

Dominion Energy News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Dominion Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NextEra agreed to acquire Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal worth about $66.8 billion, giving Dominion shareholders a sizable takeover premium and making the stock jump on merger-arbitrage optimism.
• Positive Sentiment: The companies said the combined utility will be the largest regulated electric utility in the world, with major exposure to fast-growing AI/data-center power demand, which is improving sentiment toward Dominion’s long-term asset value.
• Positive Sentiment: Management highlighted proposed $2.25 billion in bill credits and other commitments aimed at easing regulatory approval, which may help reduce concerns that could otherwise weigh on the deal.
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually heavy options activity also showed traders positioning aggressively around the transaction, signaling heightened speculation and volatility rather than a fundamental change in operations.
• Negative Sentiment: The merger faces shareholder, antitrust, and state utility-regulator approvals, so there is still execution risk if regulators demand changes or the deal takes longer to close than expected.
• Negative Sentiment: A shareholder-law firm has already launched an investigation into whether Dominion’s board secured a fair price, which could add legal noise around the transaction.

Dominion Energy Profile

Dominion Energy, Inc, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a diversified energy company that primarily operates regulated electricity and natural gas utilities and develops energy infrastructure. The company’s core activities include the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers, as well as the purchase, storage and delivery of natural gas. Dominion combines traditional utility operations with energy infrastructure businesses to provide essential services across its service territories.

Dominion’s electricity portfolio spans multiple technologies and fuel sources, including nuclear, natural gas-fired generation and renewable resources such as utility-scale solar and wind.