AWRAmerican States Water Co
+0.2% today · +23.7% over a year
9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 97% of the instruments we score
Quality, Trend, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 2.28%.
American States Water Co (AWR) belongs to the Utilities sector and is listed on NYSE; country: United States. Its market value is about €3.2B. Over the past 12 months the price changed by +23.7%, with an annualised volatility of 20% and a largest fall of 11%. The dividend has not been lowered for 25 years.
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Utilities companies in USA (n = 65)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- 12-month trend (ex last month)supports the score · better than 87% of peers
- Gross profit growth / assets (5 y)supports the score · better than 76% of peers
- Betasupports the score · better than 93% of peers
Red flags and notes
- Caution. Negative free cash flow in at least two of the last three years. More in the glossary → Negative free cash flow in at least two of the last three years.
Price chart
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/E
- 25.0
- P/B
- 3.2
- P/S
- 5.1
- EV/EBIT
- 19.2
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 0.6%
- Market cap (EUR)
- €3.2B
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- 13.7%
- Return on invested capital
- 9.5%
- Gross margin
- 90.1%
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 2.56
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 2.28%
- Payout ratio
- 56%
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- 8.5%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 25
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- +0.2%
- 1 month
- +9.6%
- 1 year
- +23.7%
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 20.0%
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −10.9%
- Beta
- 0.26
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
Similar companies
Same sector and region, closest in market value.
| CPKChesapeake Utilities Corporation | 8/10 | 2.0% | 6.1% |
|---|---|---|---|
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| OTTROtter Tail Corporation | 9/10 | 2.8% | −3.0% |
| CWTCalifornia Water Service | 4/10 | 2.7% | 11.4% |
| MDUMDU Resources Group, Inc. | 2/10 | 2.9% | −5.3% |
| MGEEMGE Energy Inc | —/10 | 2.4% | −1.4% |
| HTOH2O America | 3/10 | 2.8% | 35.5% |
| AQNAlgonquin Power & Utilities Corp. | 1/10 | 3.4% | −6.1% |
News and filings
- AMERICAN STATES WATER CO: 8-K — Results of operations
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 4 Nov 2026
- AMERICAN STATES WATER CO: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 30 Sep 2026
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 4 Nov 2026
What the marks mean
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
Show the log: 8 entries
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating change | 9/10 | 9 · 9 | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 9/10 | 8 · 8 | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 8 → 9/10 | 8 · 9 | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 9 → 8/10 | 8 · 8 | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 8 → 9/10 | 8 · 8 | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 9 → 8/10 | 8 · 8 | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 9/10 | 8 · 9 | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| First rating | 9/10 | 9 · 9 | Available with Invest Pro |
Ratings are rules-based descriptions, valid until the next scoring run (about 06:20 and 21:50 UTC) and the same for every visitor.
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