AWK Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

California Water Service Group has a net margin of 26.46% compared to American Water Works's net margin of 20.26%. American Water Works's return on equity of 9.79% beat California Water Service Group's return on equity of 13.43%.

American Water Works has a consensus price target of $140.76, signalling upside risk potential of 11.79%. On the other hand California Water Service Group has an analysts' consensus of $57.00 which suggests that it could grow by 23.91%. Given that California Water Service Group has higher upside potential than American Water Works, analysts believe California Water Service Group is more attractive than American Water Works.

American Water Works has a beta of 0.696, which suggesting that the stock is 30.352% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.497, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 50.323%.

American Water Works has a quarterly dividend of $0.77 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.39%. California Water Service Group offers a yield of 2.44% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share. American Water Works pays 56.36% of its earnings as a dividend. California Water Service Group pays out 113.73% of its earnings as a dividend. American Water Works's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but California Water Service Group's is not.

American Water Works quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are larger than California Water Service Group quarterly revenues of $299.6M. American Water Works's net income of $350M is higher than California Water Service Group's net income of $60.7M. Notably, American Water Works's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.98x while California Water Service Group's PE ratio is 13.26x. 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 Water Works is 5.45x versus 2.60x for California Water Service Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Middlesex Water has a net margin of 26.46% compared to American Water Works's net margin of 25.99%. American Water Works's return on equity of 9.79% beat Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58%.

American Water Works has a consensus price target of $140.76, signalling upside risk potential of 11.79%. On the other hand Middlesex Water has an analysts' consensus of $63.00 which suggests that it could grow by 14.52%. Given that Middlesex Water has higher upside potential than American Water Works, analysts believe Middlesex Water is more attractive than American Water Works.

American Water Works has a beta of 0.696, which suggesting that the stock is 30.352% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.815, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 18.466%.

American Water Works has a quarterly dividend of $0.77 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.39%. Middlesex Water offers a yield of 2.4% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share. American Water Works pays 56.36% of its earnings as a dividend. Middlesex Water pays out 71.57% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American Water Works quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are larger than Middlesex Water quarterly revenues of $55.1M. American Water Works's net income of $350M is higher than Middlesex Water's net income of $14.3M. Notably, American Water Works's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.98x while Middlesex Water's PE ratio is 23.79x. 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 Water Works is 5.45x versus 5.35x for Middlesex Water. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

SJW Group has a net margin of 26.46% compared to American Water Works's net margin of 17.17%. American Water Works's return on equity of 9.79% beat SJW Group's return on equity of 7.14%.

American Water Works has a consensus price target of $140.76, signalling upside risk potential of 11.79%. On the other hand SJW Group has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 28.21%. Given that SJW Group has higher upside potential than American Water Works, analysts believe SJW Group is more attractive than American Water Works.

American Water Works has a beta of 0.696, which suggesting that the stock is 30.352% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison SJW Group has a beta of 0.625, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 37.491%.

American Water Works has a quarterly dividend of $0.77 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.39%. SJW Group offers a yield of 3.19% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share. American Water Works pays 56.36% of its earnings as a dividend. SJW Group pays out 56.37% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American Water Works quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are larger than SJW Group quarterly revenues of $225.1M. American Water Works's net income of $350M is higher than SJW Group's net income of $38.7M. Notably, American Water Works's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.98x while SJW Group's PE ratio is 18.18x. 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 Water Works is 5.45x versus 2.25x for SJW Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Essential Utilities has a net margin of 26.46% compared to American Water Works's net margin of 15.95%. American Water Works's return on equity of 9.79% beat Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.03%.

American Water Works has a consensus price target of $140.76, signalling upside risk potential of 11.79%. On the other hand Essential Utilities has an analysts' consensus of $45.70 which suggests that it could grow by 25.69%. Given that Essential Utilities has higher upside potential than American Water Works, analysts believe Essential Utilities is more attractive than American Water Works.

American Water Works has a beta of 0.696, which suggesting that the stock is 30.352% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.850, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 15.003%.

American Water Works has a quarterly dividend of $0.77 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.39%. Essential Utilities offers a yield of 3.48% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share. American Water Works pays 56.36% of its earnings as a dividend. Essential Utilities pays out 63.59% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American Water Works quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are larger than Essential Utilities quarterly revenues of $435.3M. American Water Works's net income of $350M is higher than Essential Utilities's net income of $69.4M. Notably, American Water Works's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.98x while Essential Utilities's PE ratio is 18.18x. 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 Water Works is 5.45x versus 5.08x for Essential Utilities. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.