H2O America (HTO) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $57.20 — A.R:R is negative (-0.6) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.0): -0.5.
H2O America (formerly SJW Group) is a regulated water utility holding company with subsidiaries serving customers in California (San Jose area), Connecticut, Texas, and Maine. Revenue is earned through cost-of-service retail water rates authorized by state public utility... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $57.20 — A.R:R is negative (-0.6) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.0): -0.5. Chart setup: RSI 48 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 42d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-15Recent Developments — H2O America
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- NEWS H2O America (NASDAQ:HTO) Major Shareholder Atlas Holdings Ltd Gip Buys 50,385 Shares - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- NEWS GIP Atlas Holdings buys $2.97m H2O America stock By Investing.com - Investing.com South Africa — Investing.com South Africa positive
- NEWS GIP Atlas Holdings buys $2.97m H2O America stock By Investing.com - Investing.com Australia — Investing.com Australia positive
- NEWS GIP Atlas Holdings buys $2.97m H2O America stock - Investing.com — Investing.com positive
- NEWS GIP Atlas Holdings buys $2.97m H2O America stock By Investing.com - Investing.com Canada — Investing.com Canada positive
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $57.20 — A.R:R is negative (-0.6) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.0): -0.5. Chart setup: RSI 48 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $54.40. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $57.95 (+1.3% upside). Prior stop was $54.40. Stop-loss: $54.40.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.0): -0.5; Earnings estimates trending DOWN.
H2O America trades at a P/E of 19.5 (forward 20.7). TrendMatrix value score: 5.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
11 analysts cover HTO with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $64.
What does H2O America do?H2O America (formerly SJW Group) is a regulated water utility holding company with subsidiaries serving customers in...
H2O America (formerly SJW Group) is a regulated water utility holding company with subsidiaries serving customers in California (San Jose area), Connecticut, Texas, and Maine. Revenue is earned through cost-of-service retail water rates authorized by state public utility commissions. California represents the largest operation with a $1.3B authorized rate base.