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

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

American States Water announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.305 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.40%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. View American States Water's Dividend History.

American States Water Co (NYSE:AWR) posted its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $134.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $135 million. American States Water had a net margin of 17.26% and a return on equity of 13.23%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.62 earnings per share. View American States Water's Earnings History.

American States Water is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American States Water.

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

News headlines about AWR stock have been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for American States Water.

American States Water saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,750,000 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the December 15th total of 1,590,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 256,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.8 days. Approximately 4.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View American States Water's Current Options Chain.

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American States Water's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cozad Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), 6 Meridian (0.03%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.01%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc., Cozad Asset Management Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Huntington National Bank and West Oak Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold American States Water company stock in the last year include Anne M Holloway, Bryan K Switzer, Eva G Tang, 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 Insider Buying and Selling for American States Water.

AWR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedbush Securities Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and 6 Meridian. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.21.

American States Water has a market capitalization of $3.21 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. American States Water employs 817 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About American States Water.

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]