NYSE:AWR - American States Water Stock Price, News, & Analysis

American States Water trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AWR."

American States Water declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 15th will be given a dividend of $0.275 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 14th. View American States Water's Dividend History.

American States Water Co (NYSE:AWR) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.37. The utilities provider earned $111 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $104.54 million. American States Water had a net margin of 14.62% and a return on equity of 11.70%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.35 EPS. View American States Water's Earnings History.

American States Water is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American States Water.

American States Water will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, May 7th at 2:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

2 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for American States Water's shares. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate American States Water's share price to reach $53.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 23.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for American States Water.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American States Water in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for American States Water.

News coverage about AWR stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American States Water earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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American States Water's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.71%), BKS Advisors LLC (0.14%), Cozad Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), Strs Ohio (0.09%), Murphy Capital Management Inc. (0.03%) and 6 Meridian (0.03%). Company insiders that own American States Water stock include Anne M Holloway, Bryan K Switzer, Denise L Kruger, Diana M Bonta, Eva G Tang, Gladys Farrow, Granville R Hodges Jr, James B Gallagher, James C Cotton III, James F Mcnulty, James L Anderson, Lloyd E Ross, Paul J Rowley and Robert J Sprowls. View Institutional Ownership Trends for American States Water.

AWR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, 6 Meridian, Cozad Asset Management Inc., Murphy Capital Management Inc., BKS Advisors LLC and Lederer & Associates Investment Counsel CA. Company insiders that have sold American States Water company stock in the last year include Anne M Holloway, Bryan K Switzer, Diana M Bonta, Eva G Tang, Granville R Hodges Jr, James C Cotton III, James F Mcnulty, James L Anderson, Lloyd E Ross, Paul J Rowley and Robert J Sprowls. View Insider Buying and Selling for American States Water.

AWR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for American States Water.

Shares of AWR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.59.

American States Water has a market capitalization of $2.56 billion and generates $436.82 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $63.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.72 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for American States Water is http://www.aswater.com.

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]