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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.75%. View Aqua America's Dividend History.

Aqua America Inc (NYSE:WTR) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.05. The utilities provider earned $243.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $259.99 million. Aqua America had a return on equity of 8.81% and a net margin of 18.02%. The business's revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business 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 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Aqua America's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Aqua America's stock price to reach $48.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.3%. 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.

News stories about WTR stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Aqua America earned a news sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. 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 presently 6.9 days. Approximately 4.9% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 many different 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 Geode Capital Management LLC (1.12%). 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 purchased 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 $53.50.

Aqua America has a market capitalization of $11.55 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]