American States Water (AWR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American States Water in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" AWR shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for American States Water's shares. Their AWR share price targets range from $89.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $89.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.9% from the stock's current price.
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American States Water's stock was trading at $80.42 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, AWR shares have decreased by 6.1% and is now trading at $75.51.
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American States Water saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 306,600 shares, a decline of 18.3% from the December 31st total of 375,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 192,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 21st 2024.
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American States Water will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 22nd at 2:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

American States Water (NYSE:AWR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $151.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $152 million. American States Water had a net margin of 20.66% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.60%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.69 EPS.

American States Water declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 16th.
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American States Water (NYSE:AWR) pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.28%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 70 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 51.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AWR will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.11% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of American States Water (NYSE:AWR) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities & Communication Services ETF (PSCU), iShares MSCI Water Management Multisector ETF (IWTR), Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW), Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA), First Trust Water ETF (FIW), iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF (EFRA), Ecofin Global Water ESG Fund (EBLU) and JPMorgan Active Small Cap Value ETF (JPSV).

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American States Water's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.26%), Norges Bank (1.01%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.00%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.55%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.33%) and D.A. Davidson & CO. (0.27%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne M Holloway, Bryan K Switzer, Diana M Bonta, Eva G Tang, Granville R Hodges Jr, James L Anderson, Janice F Wilkins, John R Fielder, Paul J Rowley and Thomas A Eichelberger.
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