NYSE:WTR - Aqua America Stock Price, Forecast & News

Aqua America trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WTR."

Aqua America declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 31st. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.2343 per share on Sunday, December 1st. This represents a $0.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View Aqua America's Dividend History.

Aqua America Inc (NYSE:WTR) posted its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. The utilities provider had revenue of $243.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $259.99 million. Aqua America had a net margin of 18.02% and a return on equity of 8.81%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.44 EPS. View Aqua America's Earnings History.

Aqua America is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 17th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Aqua America.

Aqua America updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.45-1.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.48.

9 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Aqua America's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Aqua America's stock price to reach $46.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Aqua America.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aqua America in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Aqua America.

News coverage about WTR stock has trended very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Aqua America earned a media sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Aqua America.

Some companies that are related to Aqua America include American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Connecticut Water Service (CTWS), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI) and Consolidated Water (CWCO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Aqua America investors own include Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (hd), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), CVS Health (CVS), Honeywell International (HON) and AbbVie (ABBV).

Aqua America's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.30%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.21%), Rockland Trust Co. (0.13%), Reilly Financial Advisors LLC (0.10%), Farmers Trust Co. (0.04%) and Radnor Capital Management LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Aqua America stock include Chris Franklin, Daniel J Hilferty III, Daniel Schuller and Richard Scott Fox. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Aqua America.

WTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Fenimore Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Farmers Trust Co., Rockland Trust Co., Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, Moseley Investment Management Inc. and Peoples Financial Services CORP.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aqua America.

WTR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Boenning & Scattergood Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd., Raymond James Trust N.A., Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, Bridge Creek Capital Management LLC and Corbenic Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Aqua America stock in the last two years include Chris Franklin, Daniel J Hilferty III, Daniel Schuller and Richard Scott Fox. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aqua America.

Shares of WTR 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 WTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.57.

Aqua America has a market capitalization of $10.92 billion and generates $838.09 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $191.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.41 on an earnings per share basis. Aqua America employs 1,570 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Aqua America.

The official website for Aqua America is http://www.aquaamerica.com/.

Aqua America's mailing address is 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA, 19010. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 610-527-8000 or via email at [email protected]