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American States Water AWR

US equityMarket cap rank #2422Utilities - Regulated Water
$81.76 −$1.06 (-1.28%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 4:10 am ET · After hours $81.76 0.00%
Open$81.99
Prev close$82.82
Day range$81.19 – $82.81
Volume277.7K
Market cap$3.24B
P/E (TTM)22.3
Dividend yield2.47%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership85.2%+0.14 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding486-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)18 buys / 26 sellsNet selling
Short interest2.61% of floatDays to cover 5.2 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share25.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

13%21%29%36%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$3.11M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 44.6% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock18.40%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC8.89%
  • Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC6.45%
  • State Street Global Advisors5.66%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.21%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.53%
  • AQR Capital Management2.28%
  • First Trust Advisors L.P.1.96%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund75.30%
  • Hedge Fund4.74%
  • Public Company2.20%
  • Government Pension Fund1.36%
  • Private Company1.05%
  • Individual/Insider1.02%
  • Insurance Company0.41%
  • Family Office/Trust0.09%

Reported short interest has risen from 2.27% to 2.61% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 1,035,426 2.6% 5.2
31 Aug 2026 960,366 2.4% 5.0
14 Aug 2026 1,005,861 2.5% 4.1
31 Jul 2026 960,469 2.5% 3.0
15 Jul 2026 1,045,354 2.7% 3.4
30 Jun 2026 889,060 2.3% 2.0

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