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

Company Overview

American States Water Company (NYSE: AWR) is a holding company that provides water, wastewater, and electric utility services through its operating subsidiaries. The company serves residential, commercial, industrial, and public-sector customers, with its activities focused primarily on regulated utility operations and contracted infrastructure services.

Through Golden State Water Company, American States Water provides drinking water and wastewater services to communities in California. Its service areas include portions of Southern California and other regions of the state, where it operates and maintains water distribution systems, treatment facilities, wells, reservoirs, and related infrastructure.

The company also operates Bear Valley Electric Service, which supplies electricity to customers in the Big Bear area of San Bernardino County, California. Through American States Utility Services, it owns, operates, and maintains water and wastewater systems serving military installations under long-term privatization contracts in several U.S. states.

American States Water traces its history to 1929 and is headquartered in San Dimas, California. Its business combines regulated utility operations with specialized infrastructure-management services for government and military customers.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $84.87 to $86.06
• 50-Day Range: $84.60 to $90.99
• 52-Week Range: $69.45 to $91.72
• Volume: 511,507 shs
• Average Volume: 184,860 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.38 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.36
• Dividend Yield: 2.56%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

American States Water Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

American States Water scored higher than 64% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 67th out of 96 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

American States Water has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

American States Water has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.26%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for American States Water are expected to grow by 3.26% in the coming year, from $3.68 to $3.80 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of American States Water is 23.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.67.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of American States Water is 23.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 24.23.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

American States Water has a PEG Ratio of 3.23. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

American States Water has a P/B Ratio of 3.16. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.44% of the float of American States Water has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

American States Water has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.03.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in American States Water has recently decreased by 4.52%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

American States Water pays a meaningful dividend of 2.55%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

American States Water has been increasing its dividend for 71 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of American States Water is 59.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, American States Water will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.37% next year. This indicates that American States Water will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.88

News Sentiment

American States Water has a news sentiment score of 0.88. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for American States Water this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

8 people have searched for AWR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 167% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added American States Water to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, American States Water insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $79,974.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.90% of the stock of American States Water is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.24% of the stock of American States Water is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/2 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/2 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/02/2026
• Today: 9/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Water Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Water Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AWR
• CIK: 1056903
• Web: www.aswater.com
• Phone: (909) 394-3600
• Fax: 909-394-0711
• Employees: 900
• Year Founded: 1929

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.65
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.36
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.17
• P/E Growth: 3.23
• Net Income: $130.44 million
• Net Margins: 20.52%
• Pretax Margin: 26.97%
• Return on Equity: 13.50%
• Return on Assets: 5.26%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.75
• Current Ratio: 0.98
• Quick Ratio: 0.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $658.07 million
• Price / Sales: 5.14
• Cash Flow: $4.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.47
• Book Value: $27.01 per share
• Price / Book: 3.16

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 39,640,000
• Free Float: 39,279,000
• Market Cap: $3.38 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.57