Global Water Resources is an utilities - regulated water business based in the US. Global Water Resources shares (GWRS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $12.85 – an increase of 1.34% over the previous week. Global Water Resources employs 106 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $51.8 million.
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| Latest market close | $12.85 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $10.86 - $13.95 |
| 50-day moving average | $12.67 |
| 200-day moving average | $12.52 |
| Wall St. target price | $16.80 |
| PE ratio | 46.6296 |
| Dividend yield | $0.303 (2.39%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.27 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $12.88 from 2024-11-18
| 1 week (2024-11-13) | 1.58% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-18) | -2.72% |
| 3 months (2024-08-20) | 8.33% |
| 6 months (2024-05-20) | -0.92% |
| 1 year (2023-11-20) | 9.52% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-18) | 4.24% |
| 3 years (2021-11-19) | 17.6193 |
| 5 years (2019-11-20) | 14.06% |
Valuing Global Water Resources stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Global Water Resources's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Global Water Resources's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 47x. In other words, Global Water Resources shares trade at around 47x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Global Water Resources's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.8452. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Global Water Resources's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Global Water Resources's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $21.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Global Water Resources's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $51.8 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 27.82% |
| Gross profit TTM | $33.8 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.59% |
| Return on equity TTM | 13.25% |
| Profit margin | 12.53% |
| Book value | $2.02 |
| Market Capitalization | $304.9 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 34.48% of net profits
Recently Global Water Resources has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Global Water Resources shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Global Water Resources's case, that would currently equate to about $0.303 per share.
While Global Water Resources's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Global Water Resources may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Global Water Resources's most recent dividend payout was on 26 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Global Water Resources's shares have ranged in value from as little as $10.8574 up to $13.9528. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Global Water Resources's is 0.962. This would suggest that Global Water Resources's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Global Water Resources, Inc. , a water resource management company, owns, operates, and manages regulated water, wastewater, and recycled water systems primarily in metropolitan Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. It serves approximately 82,000 people in approximately 32,000 homes. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. .
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