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How American States Water Company stacks up
AWR · against 104 other Utilities companies of similar size
Valuation
30/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #86 of 105 · scores higher than 17% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score14 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including AWR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 30?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield and earnings yield, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 78% of peers. EBITDA yield: 6.6% vs peer median 8.6%
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 62% of peers. Earnings yield: 4.2% vs peer median 4.8%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 0.6% vs peer median 0.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AWR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AWR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 104 reported | 4.2% | 5.6% | 33% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 105 reported | 6.4% | 9.5% | 14% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 47 reported | 0.6% | 0.6% | 50% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 97 reported | 32.6% | 69.5% | 10% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AWRScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score