Janney Montgomery Scott Downgrades American States Water (AWR) to Neutral; Uncertainty Builds

December 21, 2010 8:00 AM EST Send to a Friend
Get Alerts AWR Hot Sheet
Price: $54.25 --0%

Rating Summary:
    1 Buy, 3 Hold, 0 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 28 | New: 6
Trade AWR Now!
Janney Montgomery Scott downgraded American States Water (NYSE: AWR) to Neutral.

JMS analyst says, "With the outlook for the CPUC at best uncertain and at worst increasingly likely to take a more hostile position toward private capital, we believe it is prudent to hold off deploying new capital in CA regulated utilities until greater clarity emerges. Under the regulated return model, investors are in large part entrusting capital to the relevant PUC, and a basic knowledge of who the commissioners are and what they stand for should be a prerequisite to owning shares in the utilities they regulate."

For more ratings news on American States Water click here and for the rating history of American States Water click here.

Shares of American States Water closed at $35.43 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $31.20-$39.61.


Join StreetInsider.com FREE and get immediately alerted when news breaks on your stocks and other market items - JOIN NOW
*NEW - Download StreetInsider's FREE iPhone and iPad App - Click Here



You May Also Be Interested In


Related Categories

Downgrades

Related Entities

Janney Montgomery Scott

Add Your Comment