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 Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.2343 per share on Sunday, March 1st. This represents a $0.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.73%. View Aqua America's Dividend History.

Aqua America Inc (NYSE:WTR) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.48 earnings per share 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 analyst estimates of $259.99 million. Aqua America had a net margin of 18.02% and a return on equity of 8.81%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.44 EPS. View Aqua America's Earnings History.

Aqua America is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Aqua America.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year 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 $48.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Aqua America.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aqua America in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Aqua America.

Press coverage about WTR stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Aqua America earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Aqua America.

Aqua America saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,590,000 shares, a drop of 11.5% from the January 15th total of 11,970,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,540,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.9 days. Currently, 4.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Aqua America's Current Options Chain.

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), Consolidated Water (CWCO) and Cadiz (CDZI).

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

Aqua America's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.21%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (2.96%), Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC (1.70%), Stifel Financial Corp (1.24%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.23%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.10%). 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 KBC Group NV, Alliancebernstein L.P., Gabelli Funds LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Centenus Global Management LP and Jefferies Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aqua America.

WTR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Stifel Financial Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., FIL Ltd, Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC, Swiss National Bank and Pictet Asset Management Ltd.. 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 $54.07.

Aqua America has a market capitalization of $11.67 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]