American States Water - AWR Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American States Water in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "sell" AWR shares.
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4 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for American States Water's stock. Their AWR share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $96.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $89.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%.
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American States Water's stock was trading at $92.55 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, AWR stock has increased by 0.3% and is now trading at $92.79.
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American States Water saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 739,100 shares, an increase of 21.0% from the November 30th total of 610,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 192,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days. Currently, 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
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American States Water (NYSE:AWR) issued its earnings results on Monday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $134.98 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $143 million. American States Water had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.47% and a net margin of 16.59%.

American States Water announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.3975 per share on Thursday, December 1st. This represents a $1.59 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 14th.
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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 1.67%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 68 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 73.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AWR will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.67% 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."

American States Water's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.20%), Pendal Group Ltd (0.18%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.12%), Moody Aldrich Partners LLC (0.10%), First National Corp MA ADV (0.08%) and Private Advisor Group LLC (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne M Holloway, Bryan K Switzer, Diana M Bonta, Eva G Tang, Granville R Hodges Jr, James L Anderson, Janice F Wilkins, John R Fielder and Paul J Rowley.
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Shares of AWR stock 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 $92.79.

American States Water (NYSE:AWR) has a market capitalization of $3.43 billion and generates $498.85 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $94.35 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.16 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.