NYSE:AWRAmerican States Water Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 decreased by 0.3% and is now trading at $79.59. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American States Water in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for American States Water.

American States Water is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for American States Water.

American States Water Co (NYSE:AWR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. The utilities provider had revenue of $109.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $105.42 million. American States Water had a net margin of 17.78% and a return on equity of 13.44%. The company's revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.35 earnings per share. View American States Water's earnings history.

American States Water announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 4th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.305 per share on Monday, June 1st. This represents a $1.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. View American States Water's dividend history.

4 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for American States Water's shares. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $93.00. On average, they anticipate American States Water's share price to reach $80.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American States Water.

News coverage about AWR stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American States Water earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about American States Water.

American States Water saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 811,400 shares, a decrease of 13.5% from the May 31st total of 938,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 322,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View American States Water's Current Options Chain.

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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.01%). Company insiders that own American States Water stock 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, Patrick Ronald Scanlon, Paul J Rowley, Robert J Sprowls and Sarah J Anderson. View institutional ownership trends for American States Water.

AWR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Financial Bank Trust Division. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.59.

American States Water has a market capitalization of $2.94 billion and generates $473.87 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $84.34 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.13 on an earnings per share basis. American States Water employs 817 workers across the globe.

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