American States Water Company is an utilities-regulated water business based in the US. American States Water Company shares (AWR.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $77.97 – a decrease of 0.66% over the previous day. American States Water Company employs 811 staff and has a market cap (total outstanding shares value) of $3 billion.
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Is it a good time to buy American States Water Company stock?
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American States Water Company stock price (NYSE:AWR)
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Share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, American States Water Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $76.5465 up to $99.1564. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while American States Water Company's is 0.3976. This would suggest that American States Water Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of 77.97
1 week (2023-09-21)
-3.36%
1 month (2023-08-28)
-8.69%
3 months (2023-06-28)
-10.27%
1 year (2022-09-28)
-2.22%
2 years (2021-09-28)
-10.28%
3 years (2020-09-28)
4.73%
5 years (2018-09-27)
27.53%
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Is American States Water Company under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the American States Water Company P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
American States Water Company's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 26x. In other words, American States Water Company stocks trade at around 26x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of September 24, 2023 (21.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
American States Water Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 6.3251. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into American States Water Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.
American States Water Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $225.9 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a American States Water Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Forward annual dividend yield: 2.01% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 51.34% of net profits
American States Water Company has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 2.01% of its share value annually.
American States Water Company has paid out, on average, around 51.34% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.01% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 2.01% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In American States Water Company's case, that would currently equate to about 1.59 per share.
American States Water Company's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
American States Water Company's most recent dividend payout was on 31 August 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 August 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Currently 0.812% of American States Water Company shares are held by insiders and 76.345% by institutions.
American States Water Company's fiscal year ends in December.
American States Water Company's address is: 630 East Foothill Boulevard, San Dimas, CA, United States, 91773-1207
Have American States Water Company's shares ever split?
American States Water Company's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 3 September 2013. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your American States Water Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for American States Water Company shares which in turn could have impacted American States Water Company's share price.
It's as easy to sell American States Water Company as it is to buy! Here's how to sell American States Water Company stocks that you already own.
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Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
Sell your American States Water Company shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold
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