AWR Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

California Water Service Group has a net margin of 19.87% compared to American States Water's net margin of 6.54%. American States Water's return on equity of 14.17% beat California Water Service Group's return on equity of 8.47%.

American States Water has a consensus price target of $80.67, signalling downside risk potential of -0.08%. On the other hand California Water Service Group has an analysts' consensus of $57.00 which suggests that it could grow by 14.39%. Given that California Water Service Group has higher upside potential than American States Water, analysts believe California Water Service Group is more attractive than American States Water.

American States Water has a beta of 0.643, which suggesting that the stock is 35.697% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.705, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 29.494%.

American States Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.26%. California Water Service Group offers a yield of 2.29% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share. American States Water pays 56.19% of its earnings as a dividend. California Water Service Group pays out 34.31% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American States Water quarterly revenues are $143.1M, which are smaller than California Water Service Group quarterly revenues of $204M. American States Water's net income of $28.4M is higher than California Water Service Group's net income of $13.3M. Notably, American States Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.47x while California Water Service Group's PE ratio is 21.86x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American States Water is 5.09x versus 3.04x for California Water Service Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Middlesex Water has a net margin of 19.87% compared to American States Water's net margin of 21.4%. American States Water's return on equity of 14.17% beat Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.78%.

American States Water has a consensus price target of $80.67, signalling downside risk potential of -0.08%. On the other hand Middlesex Water has an analysts' consensus of $66.33 which suggests that it could grow by 8.44%. Given that Middlesex Water has higher upside potential than American States Water, analysts believe Middlesex Water is more attractive than American States Water.

American States Water has a beta of 0.643, which suggesting that the stock is 35.697% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.884, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 11.646%.

American States Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.26%. Middlesex Water offers a yield of 2.17% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share. American States Water pays 56.19% of its earnings as a dividend. Middlesex Water pays out 53.03% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American States Water quarterly revenues are $143.1M, which are larger than Middlesex Water quarterly revenues of $44.3M. American States Water's net income of $28.4M is higher than Middlesex Water's net income of $9.5M. Notably, American States Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.47x while Middlesex Water's PE ratio is 25.38x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American States Water is 5.09x versus 5.61x for Middlesex Water. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Essential Utilities has a net margin of 19.87% compared to American States Water's net margin of 30.57%. American States Water's return on equity of 14.17% beat Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.75%.

American States Water has a consensus price target of $80.67, signalling downside risk potential of -0.08%. On the other hand Essential Utilities has an analysts' consensus of $45.33 which suggests that it could grow by 9.53%. Given that Essential Utilities has higher upside potential than American States Water, analysts believe Essential Utilities is more attractive than American States Water.

American States Water has a beta of 0.643, which suggesting that the stock is 35.697% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.852, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 14.832%.

American States Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.26%. Essential Utilities offers a yield of 3.1% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share. American States Water pays 56.19% of its earnings as a dividend. Essential Utilities pays out 58.19% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American States Water quarterly revenues are $143.1M, which are smaller than Essential Utilities quarterly revenues of $604.4M. American States Water's net income of $28.4M is lower than Essential Utilities's net income of $184.8M. Notably, American States Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.47x while Essential Utilities's PE ratio is 19.07x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American States Water is 5.09x versus 5.44x for Essential Utilities. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.