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American States Water Co Price/Sales

What is the Price/Sales of American States Water Co?

The Price/Sales of American States Water Co. is 6.30

What is the definition of Price/Sales?



Price to sales ratio is a company’s stock price compared to its revenues.

ttm (trailing twelve months)

The price to sales ratio, Price/Sales ratio, P/S ratio, or PSR, is a valuation metric for stocks. It is calculated by dividing the company's market cap by the revenue in the most recent year. It can also be calculated by dividing the per-share stock price by per-share revenue. The price to sales ratio is for trailing twelve months so the reported sales are for the four previous quarters. Longer time periods can be examined at times.

A smaller price to sales ratio is usually thought to be a better investment since the investor is paying less for each unit of sales. However, sales do not reveal the whole picture, as the company may be unprofitable with a low P/S ratio. Because of the limitations, this ratio is usually used only for unprofitable companies, since they don't have a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio). The metric can be used to determine the value of a stock relative to its past performance. It may also be used to determine relative valuation of a sector or the market as a whole.

Price to sales ratios vary greatly between sectors, so they are most useful in comparing similar stocks within a sector or sub-sector. Comparing P/S ratios carries the implicit assumption that all firms in the comparison have an identical capital structure.

Price/Sales of companies in the Utilities sector on NYSE compared to American States Water Co

What does American States Water Co do?

about the company: american states water company (awr) is the parent company of both golden state water company (gswc) and american states utility services, inc. (asus). through golden state water company, awr provides water service to approximately 258,000 customers located within 75 communities throughout 10 counties in northern, coastal and southern california. the company also distributes electricity to approximately 24,000 customers in the city of big bear and surrounding areas in san bernardino county, california through the services of bear valley electric services (bves). through its contracted services subsidiary, american states utility services, inc. (asus), the company provides operations, maintenance and construction management services for water and wastewater systems located on military bases throughout the country through 50-year privatization contracts with the u.s. government. american states water company has paid dividends to shareholders every year since 1931, incr

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