American States Water Co (NYSE: AWR) is 0.30% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $70.03 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 $77.51 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.44%.
Currently trading at $77.95, the stock is -0.13% and -0.88% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.17 million and changing 0.57% at the moment leaves the stock -2.00% off its SMA200. AWR registered 10.95% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.29%.
The stock witnessed a -2.83% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.63%, and is -0.41% down 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 0.83% over the week and 0.91% over the month.
American States Water Co (AWR) has around 846 employees, a market worth around $3.00B and $608.22M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 24.04 and Fwd P/E is 22.43. Profit margin for the company is 20.15%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.31% and -10.91% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.97%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 3.23% this year
The shares outstanding are 38.51M, and float is at 38.13M with Short Float at 1.22%.
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 12.6595 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 purchase by Eichelberger Thomas A., the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Eichelberger Thomas A. bought 897 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 06 ’25 at a price of $76.81 per share for a total of $68899.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 8467.0 shares.
American States Water Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 12 ’25 that BONTA DIANA M (Director) sold a total of 969 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 12 ’25 and was made at $77.00 per share for $74613.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 15931.0 shares of the AWR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 12 ’25, BONTA DIANA M (Director) Proposed Sale 969 shares at an average price of $77.52 for $75121.0. The insider now directly holds shares of American States Water Co (AWR).
