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 Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders 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 1.80%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. 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, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. The utilities provider earned $243.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $259.99 million. Aqua America had a return on equity of 8.81% and a net margin of 18.02%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.44 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.45-1.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.48.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Aqua America's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Aqua America's share price to reach $47.44 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.0%. 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 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Aqua America.

News coverage about WTR stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Aqua America earned a daily sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. 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), Consolidated Water (CWCO) and Cadiz (CDZI).

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), AbbVie (ABBV), CVS Health (CVS) and Honeywell International (HON).

Aqua America's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.46%), Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.30%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.25%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.21%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.13%). 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, Arizona State Retirement System, Institute for Wealth Management LLC., Fenimore Asset Management Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Farmers Trust Co. and BLB&B Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aqua America.

WTR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Beck Bode LLC, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., California Public Employees Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Boenning & Scattergood Inc., Birch Capital Management LLC and IFM Investors Pty 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 $52.15.

Aqua America has a market capitalization of $11.26 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]