Let's Make Some Money - Stock to Watch - American States Water (AWR) - Down in an Up Market
Well I called this wrong. I thought AWR was going to see a double bottom but what is happening is that a Descending Triangle pattern is happening.
The volume is dropping off the the Stochastics is looking to turn.
It looks like we are going to see a move back to $74.00.
I am thinking of taking a profit here.
Stat | Value |
---|---|
PE | 35.01 |
EPS | 2.31 |
Beta | -0.07 |
Profit Margin | 17.78% |
Operating Margin | 27.94% |
Avg Volume | 342.3K |
Shares Outstanding | 36.88M |
Float | 36.43M |
Shares Short | 998.11M |
Short % of Outstanding | 2.71% |
Dividend | 1.58% |
% Held by Insiders | 0.97% |
% Held by Institutions | 75.01% |
Positives:
- 1.58% dividend yield
- Short Term Liabilities: AWR's short term assets ($122.5M) exceed its short term liabilities ($116.0M).
- Earnings Trend: AWR's earnings have grown by 5.1% per year over the past 5 years.
- Accelerating Growth: AWR's earnings growth over the past year (32.2%) exceeds its 5-year average (5.1% per year).
- Earnings vs Industry: AWR earnings growth over the past year (32.2%) exceeded the Water Utilities industry 4.5%.
Negatives
- Fair Value is at $32.14
- Long Term Liabilities: AWR's short term assets ($122.5M) do not cover its long term liabilities ($923.8M).
- Aging water infrastructure in California