American States Water Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research 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 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" American States Water stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AWR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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American States Water is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 2nd 2021.
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American States Water (NYSE:AWR) issued its earnings results on Sunday, May, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.07. The utilities provider earned $117.06 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $114 million. American States Water had a net margin of 18.46% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.40%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.38 earnings per share.
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American States Water's stock was trading at $79.80 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AWR shares have increased by 4.1% and is now trading at $83.09.
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American States Water announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 17th will be given a dividend of $0.335 per share on Wednesday, June 2nd. This represents a $1.34 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 14th.
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American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.63%. American States Water has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of American States Water is 57.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American States Water will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.34% next year. This indicates that American States Water will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for American States Water's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect American States Water's stock price to reach $78.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.5%.
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Some companies that are related to American States Water include American Water Works (AWK), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), The York Water (YORW), Cadiz (CDZI), Artesian Resources (ARTNA) and Consolidated Water (CWCO).
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American States Water trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AWR."

American States Water's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.98%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.64%), Northern Trust Corp (1.57%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.21%) and Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.04%). Company insiders that own American States Water stock include Bryan K Switzer, James F Mcnulty, Lloyd E Ross and Patrick Ronald Scanlon.
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AWR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KBC Group NV, Millennium Management LLC, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Royal Bank of Canada, Morgan Stanley, FIL Ltd, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., and AQR Capital Management LLC.
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AWR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and NFJ Investment Group LLC.
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Shares of AWR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.09.

American States Water has a market capitalization of $3.07 billion and generates $488.24 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $86.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.33 on an earnings per share basis.

American States Water employs 841 workers across the globe.

American States Water was founded in 1929.

The official website for American States Water is americanstateswatercompany.gcs-web.com.

American States Water is headquartered at 630 E FOOTHILL BLVD, SAN DIMAS CA, 91773.

American States Water's mailing address is 630 E FOOTHILL BLVD, SAN DIMAS CA, 91773. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (909) 394-3600 or via email at [email protected]