American States Water Co. (AWR) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Strong Sell

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Hold

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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American States Water Co.

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The York Water Co.

California Water Service Group

Why is American States Water Co. ?

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 5.21% and Operating profit at 8.13% over the last 5 years

Positive results in Jun 25

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 237.86 MM
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 4.28
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 519.54

With ROCE of 10.18%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.06 Enterprise value to Capital Employed

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -11.89%, its profits have risen by 8.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 5

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -11.89% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to American States Water Co. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Other Utilities should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Other Utilities)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is American States Water Co. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

American States Water Co.

-0.69%

0.16

21.26%

S&P 500

26.39%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

6.15%

EBIT Growth (5y)

9.26%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

4.96

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

3.73

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.96

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.33

Tax Ratio

20.26%

Dividend Payout Ratio

57.60%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

84.23%

ROCE (avg)

10.52%

ROE (avg)

13.49%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

2.81

EV to EBIT

18.94

EV to EBITDA

15.27

EV to Capital Employed

1.96

EV to Sales

5.85

PEG Ratio

3.33

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

10.37%

ROE (Latest)

12.43%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

Mildly Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bullish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

OBV

No Trend

Mildly Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

9What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 256.32 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 85.39 %

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 20.95 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 4.95

-4What is not working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 13.17%

INTEREST(Q)

At USD 12.11 MM has Grown at 11.33%

Here's what is working for American States Water Co.

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at USD 256.32 MM and Grown

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at 85.39 % and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Highest at 20.95 times and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 4.95 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Depreciation

Highest at USD 12.99 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for American States Water Co.

Interest

At USD 12.11 MM has Grown at 11.33%

period on period (QoQ)

MOJO Watch

Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)