NYSE:WTR - Aqua America Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Aqua America Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $53.72 +0.54 (+1.02 %) (As of 02/16/2020 01:24 PM ET) Add Compare Today's Range$53.22Now: $53.72▼$53.8650-Day Range$45.88MA: $49.99▼$53.7352-Week Range$34.21Now: $53.72▼$52.58Volume722,442 shsAverage Volume1.33 million shsMarket Capitalization$11.59 billionP/E Ratio76.74Dividend Yield1.81%Beta0.32 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email Aqua America, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water or wastewater services in the United States. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contracts with municipal authorities and other parties. The company also provides non-utility raw water supply services for firms in the natural gas drilling industry; and water and sewer line protection solutions, and repair services to households through third-party. Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Water supply Sub-IndustryWater Utilities SectorUtilities Current SymbolNYSE:WTR Previous Symbol CUSIP03836W10 CIK78128 Webhttp://www.aquaamerica.com/ Phone610-527-8000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.75 Current Ratio6.19 Quick Ratio6.14Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio76.74 Forward P/E Ratio36.54 P/E Growth5.32 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$838.09 million Price / Sales13.84 Cash Flow$2.31 per share Price / Cash Flow23.25 Book Value$11.29 per share Price / Book4.76Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.41 Net Income$191.99 million Net Margins18.02% Return on Equity8.81% Return on Assets3.16%Miscellaneous Employees1,570 Outstanding Shares215,841,000Market Cap$11.59 billion Next Earnings Date2/26/2020 (Confirmed) OptionableOptionable Receive WTR News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for WTR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. WTR Rates by TradingView Aqua America (NYSE:WTR) Frequently Asked Questions What is Aqua America's stock symbol? Aqua America trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WTR." How often does Aqua America pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Aqua America? Aqua America announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.74%. View Aqua America's Dividend History. How were Aqua America's earnings last quarter? Aqua America Inc (NYSE:WTR) posted its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.44 earnings per share. View Aqua America's Earnings History. When is Aqua America's next earnings date? Aqua America is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Aqua America. What price target have analysts set for WTR? 8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Aqua America's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Aqua America's share price to reach $48.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Aqua America. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation 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. What are Wall Street analysts saying about Aqua America stock? Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Aqua America stock: 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Aqua America is benefiting from positive rate activity, organic growth and contribution from its acquired assets. Aqua America continues to gain from the expanding customer base, which is resulted from acquisitions and organic initiatives. The company aims to invest more than $1.4 billion in the 2019-2021-time frame for strengthening infrastructure. The company also has a very long history of rewarding its shareholders through payment of regular dividend. Shares of Aqua America have outperformed its industry in the past six months. However, similar to other water utilities, the company gets impacted by unfavorable weather conditions that reduce the demand for water and impact performance. Moreover, contamination of water supplied might result in disruption of water services and lead the company to incur extra cost." (10/12/2019) 2. Evercore ISI analysts commented, "We use a sum-of-the-parts approach to value WTR using a blend of water and gas multiples. At this current juncture, we think the stock trades above our bull-base valuation and we see limited near-term upside; our rating remains In Line. Earnings notes. 2Q19 adjusted EPS of $0.37 was flat to prior year. EPS growth from rate cases and customer growth (acquisitions/ organic) was offset by higher depreciation, lower consumption, and impact of repairs tax. 2019 capex is still expected to be ~$550mm and the company reaffirmed its $1.4bn capex plan through ’21, which supports 7% rate base growth in their legacy water business. The Y/Y customer growth rate is still expected to be between 2-3% for ’19 (from both organic growth and acquisitions). Peoples Gas update. Aqua still targets to close the Peoples Gas acquisition in fall of this year." (8/11/2019) Has Aqua America been receiving favorable news coverage? News headlines about WTR stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Aqua America earned a coverage optimism score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage 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 company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Aqua America. Are investors shorting Aqua America? Aqua America saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,590,000 shares, a decrease of 11.5% from the January 15th total of 11,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,540,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.9 days. Approximately 4.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Aqua America's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Aqua America's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Aqua America include American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), Connecticut Water Service (CTWS), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), California Water Service Group (CWT), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Middlesex Water (MSEX), SJW Group (SJW) and York Water (YORW). What other stocks do shareholders of Aqua America own? 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). Who are Aqua America's key executives? Aqua America's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Christopher H. Franklin, Chairman, Pres & CEO (Age 54)Mr. Daniel J. Schuller, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 49)Mr. Richard Scott Fox, Exec. VP & COO (Age 57)Mr. Christopher Paul Luning, Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec. (Age 51)Mr. Matthew R. Rhodes, Exec. VP of Strategy & Corp. Devel. (Age 41) Who are Aqua America's major shareholders? 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. Which major investors are selling Aqua America stock? WTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KBC Group NV, Gabelli Funds LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Jefferies Group LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Penn Capital Management Co. Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aqua America. Which major investors are buying Aqua America stock? WTR stock was bought 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. How do I buy shares of 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. What is Aqua America's stock price today? One share of WTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.72. How big of a company is Aqua America? Aqua America has a market capitalization of $11.59 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. What is Aqua America's official website? The official website for Aqua America is http://www.aquaamerica.com/. How can I contact Aqua America? 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] MarketBeat Community Rating for Aqua America (NYSE WTR)Community Ranking: 2.4 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 348 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 367 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 715MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Aqua America and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe WTR will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe WTR will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. This page was last updated on 2/16/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: What does an equal weight rating mean?
