H2O America (HTO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

SJW Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in the United States. It operates in Water Utility Services and Real Estate Services segments. The company engages in the production, purchase, storage, purification, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of water and wastewater services; and supplies groundwater from wells, surface water from watershed run-off and diversion, reclaimed water, and imported water purchased from the Santa Clara Valley Water District. It also offers non-tariffed services, including water system operations, maintenance agreements, and antenna site leases; contracted services, sewer operations, and other water related services to water utilities; and a Linebacker protection plan for public drinking water customers in Connecticut and Maine. In addition, the company provides water service to approximately 232,400 connections that serve approximately one million people residing in portions of the cities of San Jose and Cupertino and in the cities of Campbell, Monte Sereno, Saratoga, and the Town of Los Gatos; adjacent unincorporated territories in the County of Santa Clara in the State of California; water service to approximately 141,000 service connections, which serve approximately 461,000 people in 81 municipalities with a service area of approximately 272 square miles in Connecticut and Maine and approximately 3,000 wastewater connections in Southbury, Connecticut; approximately 28,000 service connections that serve approximately 83,000 people in a service area comprising approximately 271 square miles in the region between San Antonio and Austin, Texas; and approximately 950 wastewater connections. Further, it owns undeveloped land in California and Tennessee; commercial and warehouse properties in Tennessee; and commercial properties and parcels of land in Connecticut. The company was formerly known as SJW Corp. and changed its name to SJW Group in November 2016. SJW Group was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $56.00 to $57.56
• 50-Day Range: $56.17 to $61.31
• 52-Week Range: $43.75 to $61.87
• Volume: 137,497 shs
• Average Volume: 518,194 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.34 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.18
• Dividend Yield: 3.14%
• Price Target: $62.17
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

H2O America Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

H2O America scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 20th out of 94 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

H2O America has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for H2O America is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

H2O America has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.22%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for H2O America are expected to grow by 2.22% in the coming year, from $2.70 to $2.76 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of H2O America is 19.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.37.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of H2O America is 19.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 22.47.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

H2O America has a PEG Ratio of 6.40. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

H2O America has a P/B Ratio of 1.29. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.64% of the float of H2O America has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

H2O America has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.89.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in H2O America has recently increased by 1.52%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

H2O America pays a meaningful dividend of 3.07%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

H2O America has been increasing its dividend for 57 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of H2O America is 60.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, H2O America will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.77% next year. This indicates that H2O America will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.05

News Sentiment

H2O America has a news sentiment score of 1.05. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for H2O America this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for HTO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added H2O America to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of H2O America in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $5,951,476.00 in company stock, which represents 0.2517% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, H2O America insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $5,951,476.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.52% of the stock of H2O America is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

84.29% of the stock of H2O America is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/2 Dividend: 2/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/2 Dividend: 2/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/02/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/28/2026
• Record date for 6/1 Dividend: 5/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/1 Dividend: 5/11/2026
• Today: 5/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/01/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Utilities - Regulated Water
• Sub-Industry: Water Utilities
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:HTO
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:SJW
• CIK: 766829
• Web: www.sjwgroup.com
• Phone: (408) 367-8200
• Fax: 408-279-7917
• Employees: 760
• Year Founded: 1985

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for H2O America: $62.17
• High Price Target: $67.00
• Low Price Target: $60.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.56
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.92
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.21
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.77
• P/E Growth: 6.4
• Net Income: $102.58 million
• Net Margins: 12.87%
• Pretax Margin: 14.37%
• Return on Equity: 6.76%
• Return on Assets: 2.11%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.02
• Current Ratio: 2.02
• Quick Ratio: 2.02

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $816.28 million
• Price / Sales: 2.87
• Cash Flow: $6.16 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.10
• Book Value: $43.83 per share
• Price / Book: 1.28

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 41,840,000
• Free Float: 41,622,000
• Market Cap: $2.35 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.35