American States Water - AWR Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American States Water in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" AWR shares. 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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2 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for American States Water's stock. Their AWR share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $85.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% from the stock's current price.
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American States Water's stock was trading at $103.44 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AWR shares have decreased by 20.8% and is now trading at $81.91.
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American States Water saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 610,700 shares, a drop of 25.3% from the August 15th total of 817,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 154,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.0 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 7th 2022.
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American States Water (NYSE:AWR) issued its earnings results on Monday, August, 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.06. The utilities provider earned $122.61 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $132 million. American States Water had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.95% and a net margin of 17.05%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.72 earnings per share.

American States Water announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.3975 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $1.59 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 12th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.37.
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American States Water (NYSE:AWR) pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.04%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 67 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 71.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AWR will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.82% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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American States Water trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AWR."

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One share of AWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $81.91.

American States Water (NYSE:AWR) has a market capitalization of $3.03 billion and generates $498.85 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $94.35 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.23 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 808 workers across the globe.

American States Water's mailing address is 630 E FOOTHILL BLVD, SAN DIMAS CA, 91773. The official website for the company is americanstateswatercompany.gcs-web.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (909) 394-3600, via email at investorinfo@aswater.com, or via fax at 909-394-0711.