American States Water Co (NYSE: AWR) is 3.13% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $66.63 and a high of $87.50 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AWR stock was last observed hovering at around $79.38 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.77%.
Currently trading at $80.15, the stock is 3.68% and 4.33% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.18 million and changing 0.97% at the moment leaves the stock 0.49% off its SMA200. AWR registered 20.40% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.81%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $76.821 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $79.76275.
The stock witnessed a 4.50% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 6.17%, and is 5.86% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.37% over the week and 2.57% over the month.
American States Water Co (AWR) has around 846 employees, a market worth around $3.09B and $595.46M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 25.31 and Fwd P/E is 23.18. Profit margin for the company is 19.96%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.29% and -8.40% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.86%).
with sales reaching $145.85M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 2.76% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.23% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.83% in year-over-year returns.
479.0 institutions hold shares in American States Water Co (AWR), with institutional investors hold 82.95% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 38.15M, and float is at 38.13M with Short Float at 1.79%. Institutions hold 82.28% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 6.61 million shares valued at $479.73 million. The investor’s holdings represent 17.7186 of the AWR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 4.72 million shares valued at $342.76 million to account for 12.7549 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 2.1 million shares representing 5.6323 and valued at over $152.49 million, while FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP holds 2.9353 of the shares totaling 1.1 million with a market value of $79.47 million.
American States Water Co (AWR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by BONTA DIANA M, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that BONTA DIANA M sold 969 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 12 ’25 at a price of $77.00 per share for a total of $74613.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 15931.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 22 ’24, HOLLOWAY ANNE M (Director) disposed off 500 shares at an average price of $80.89 for $40445.0. The insider now directly holds 38,519 shares of American States Water Co (AWR).
