American States Water Stock Price Prediction

AWR Stock  USD 79.22  1.21  1.55%   
The relative strength index (RSI) of American States' stock price is slightly above 61. This suggests that the stock is rather overbought by investors as of today. The main point of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to track how fast people are buying or selling American, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 61

 Buy Extended

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of American States' future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of American States and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from American States' fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with American States Water, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting American States' stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.356
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
0.73
EPS Estimate Current Year
3.235
EPS Estimate Next Year
3.435
Wall Street Target Price
79.3333
Using American States hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of American States Water from the perspective of American States response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards American States using American States' stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards American using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of American States' stock price.

American States Short Interest

An investor who is long American States may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about American States and may potentially protect profits, hedge American States with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
79.0958
Short Percent
0.026
Short Ratio
3.22
Shares Short Prior Month
718.1 K
50 Day MA
75.1654

American States Water Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to American States' public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in American. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding American can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around American States Water. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of American States' market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about American States.

American States Implied Volatility

    
  0.39  
American States' implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of American States Water stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if American States' implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that American States stock will not fluctuate a lot when American States' options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in American States to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying American because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

American States after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 79.22  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current American contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that American States Water will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0244% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With American States trading at USD 79.22, that is roughly USD 0.0193 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating American States' daily price movement you should consider acquiring American States Water options at the current volatility level of 0.39%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
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Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of American States' price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
71.3081.1482.74
Details
4 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
76.7484.3393.61
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
0.630.680.73
Details

American States After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of American States at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in American States or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of American States, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

American States Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting American States' stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on American States' historical news coverage. American States' after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 77.62 and 80.82, respectively. We have considered American States' daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
79.22
79.22
After-hype Price
80.82
Upside
American States is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of American States Water is based on 3 months time horizon.

American States Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as American States is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading American States backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with American States, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.06 
1.60
 0.00  
 0.00  
9 Events / Month
7 Events / Month
In about 9 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
79.22
79.22
0.00 
16,000  
Notes

American States Hype Timeline

On the 15th of March 2025 American States Water is traded for 79.22. The entity stock is not elastic to its hype. The average elasticity to hype of competition is 0.0. American is anticipated not to react to the next headline, with the price staying at about the same level, and average media hype impact volatility is over 100%. The immediate return on the next news is anticipated to be very small, whereas the daily expected return is presently at -0.06%. %. The volatility of related hype on American States is about 11076.92%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 79.22. About 83.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies. The book value of American States was presently reported as 24.12. The company last dividend was issued on the 18th of February 2025. American States Water had 2:1 split on the 4th of September 2013. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next anticipated press release will be in about 9 days.
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American States Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to American States' direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict American States' future price movements. Getting to know how American States' peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how American States may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
MSEXMiddlesex Water(0.15)9 per month 1.87  0.07  3.60 (3.06) 19.17 
SJWSJW Group Common 0.14 8 per month 1.80  0.08  3.31 (2.32) 10.19 
YORWThe York Water(0.25)10 per month 1.49  0.09  2.68 (2.90) 6.67 
ARTNAArtesian Resources(0.1)7 per month 0.00  0.02  2.46 (3.00) 6.31 
CWTCalifornia Water Service(0.07)9 per month 0.00  0.05  2.37 (2.47) 7.58 
GWRSGlobal Water Resources 0.09 9 per month 0.00 (0.04) 2.31 (3.04) 6.71 
AWKAmerican Water Works(0.09)10 per month 1.38  0.14  2.74 (2.79) 10.78 
WTRGEssential Utilities 0.70 8 per month 1.50  0.09  2.65 (2.65) 8.56 
CWCOConsolidated Water Co(0.14)9 per month 1.35  0.20  2.39 (1.95) 7.52 

American States Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine American price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for American using various technical indicators. When you analyze American charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About American States Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of American States stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as American States Water, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of American States based on analysis of American States hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to American States's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to American States's related companies.
 2022 2023 2024 2025 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.01650.02060.0230.0328
Price To Sales Ratio6.964.994.895.13

Story Coverage note for American States

The number of cover stories for American States depends on current market conditions and American States' risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that American States is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about American States' long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

American States Short Properties

American States' future price predictability will typically decrease when American States' long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of American States Water often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential American States' investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. American States' indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding37.6 M
Cash And Short Term Investments5.9 M

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