Chatham Capital Group Inc. Acquires Shares of 27,085 H2O America $HTO

Key Points

• Chatham Capital Group acquired a new position of 27,085 shares of H2O America (NASDAQ:HTO) in Q4, valued at about $1.33 million and representing roughly 0.08% of the company.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed but tilted positive: MarketBeat shows a consensus "Moderate Buy" with a $62 target, while Barclays raised its target to $63 (overweight) and Robert W. Baird initiated coverage at "outperform" with a $67 target.
• H2O America pays a quarterly dividend of $0.44 (annualized $1.76, ~3.0% yield) and set FY2026 guidance of $3.08–$3.18 EPS versus analysts' ~2.75 EPS estimate; the stock trades at a P/E of about 19.9 and a market cap near $2.1 billion.

Chatham Capital Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of H2O America (NASDAQ:HTO - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 27,085 shares of the utilities provider's stock, valued at approximately $1,327,000. Chatham Capital Group Inc. owned 0.08% of H2O America at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Hughes Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of H2O America in the third quarter valued at about $40,000. US Bancorp DE bought a new position in H2O America during the third quarter worth about $62,000. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV acquired a new stake in H2O America in the 3rd quarter worth about $100,000. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new stake in H2O America in the 4th quarter worth about $121,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP bought a new stake in H2O America in the 3rd quarter valued at about $157,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.29% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HTO has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Zacks Research upgraded shares of H2O America from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of H2O America from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Barclays boosted their price target on H2O America from $61.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, March 9th. UBS Group set a $61.00 price objective on H2O America in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Robert W. Baird started coverage on H2O America in a report on Friday, March 13th. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $67.00 price objective for the company. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $62.00.

H2O America Stock Performance

Shares of HTO opened at $57.97 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 0.70. H2O America has a 52-week low of $43.75 and a 52-week high of $59.00. The firm has a market cap of $2.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.85, a PEG ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.48. The business's fifty day moving average is $54.87 and its 200-day moving average is $50.75.

H2O America (NASDAQ:HTO - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $194.19 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $195.73 million. H2O America had a return on equity of 7.08% and a net margin of 12.81%.H2O America has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.080-3.180 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that H2O America will post 2.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.

H2O America Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 9th were issued a $0.44 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 9th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.0%. H2O America's dividend payout ratio is 60.27%.

About H2O America

SJW Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in the United States. It operates in Water Utility Services and Real Estate Services segments. The company engages in the production, purchase, storage, purification, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of water and wastewater services; and supplies groundwater from wells, surface water from watershed run-off and diversion, reclaimed water, and imported water purchased from the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

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