American States Water (AWR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American States Water in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "reduce" AWR shares.
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2 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for American States Water's shares. Their AWR share price targets range from $77.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $77.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.7% from the stock's current price.
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American States Water's stock was trading at $80.42 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, AWR stock has decreased by 16.6% and is now trading at $67.11.
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American States Water saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 455,700 shares, an increase of 13.6% from the February 29th total of 401,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 215,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 8th 2024.
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American States Water (NYSE:AWR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 22nd. The utilities provider reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $125.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $132 million. American States Water had a net margin of 20.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.54%. The company's revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.42 earnings per share.

American States Water announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 16th.
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American States Water (NYSE:AWR) pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.54%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 70 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 51.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AWR will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.12% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of American States Water (NYSE:AWR) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities & Communication Services ETF (PSCU), Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW), Roundhill S&P Dividend Monarchs ETF (KNGS), First Trust Water ETF (FIW), iShares MSCI Water Management Multisector ETF (IWTR), Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA), iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF (EFRA) and Ecofin Global Water ESG Fund (EBLU).

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American States Water's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Perpetual Ltd (0.21%) and Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne M Holloway, Bryan K Switzer, Diana M Bonta, Eva G Tang, Granville R Hodges Jr, James L Anderson, Janice F Wilkins, John R Fielder, Paul J Rowley and Thomas A Eichelberger.
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