NYSE:AWRAmerican States Water Stock Price, Forecast & News

American States Water's stock was trading at $79.80 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AWR stock has decreased by 0.2% and is now trading at $79.61. 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.38 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 return on equity of 13.44% and a net margin of 17.78%. The company's revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.35 earnings per share. View American States Water's earnings history.

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

4 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for American States Water's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $93.00. On average, they anticipate American States Water's share price to reach $79.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.1%. View analysts' price targets for American States Water.

Media coverage about AWR stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American States Water earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutAmerican States Water.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.59%), State Street Corp (6.91%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (2.89%), Invesco Ltd. (2.39%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.40%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.33%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., Public Sector Pension Investment Board, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Copeland Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and KBC Group NV. Company insiders that have sold American States Water company stock in the last year include Bryan K Switzer, Eva G Tang, James F Mcnulty, Lloyd E Ross, Patrick Ronald Scanlon, Robert J Sprowls, and Sarah J Anderson. View insider buying and selling activity for American States Water.

AWR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., SG Americas Securities LLC, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., ClariVest Asset Management LLC, and AQR Capital Management LLC. 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 $79.61.

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]