Q4 EPS Forecast for Aris Water Solutions Raised by Analyst

Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ARIS) – Analysts at US Capital Advisors lifted their Q4 2024 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Aris Water Solutions in a note issued to investors on Monday, February 3rd. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now expects that the company will earn $0.45 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.42. US Capital Advisors currently has a “Moderate Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Aris Water Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $0.91 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Aris Water Solutions’ Q1 2025 earnings at $0.40 EPS, Q2 2025 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.50 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.85 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Aris Water Solutions from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $19.00 to $22.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $26.00 target price (up from $18.00) on shares of Aris Water Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Evercore ISI cut Aris Water Solutions from an “outperform” rating to an “in-line” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $25.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on Aris Water Solutions from $21.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Aris Water Solutions from $26.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Aris Water Solutions presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $26.50.

Aris Water Solutions Stock Up 1.1 %

Shares of ARIS stock opened at $26.01 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $1.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 1.94. Aris Water Solutions has a one year low of $8.31 and a one year high of $30.40. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $26.07 and a 200 day moving average price of $20.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 1.72 and a quick ratio of 1.72.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Meeder Asset Management Inc. bought a new stake in Aris Water Solutions in the third quarter valued at approximately $39,000. New York State Teachers Retirement System increased its position in shares of Aris Water Solutions by 2,346.0% during the third quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System now owns 2,446 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 2,346 shares in the last quarter. Algert Global LLC bought a new stake in shares of Aris Water Solutions during the second quarter worth $199,000. Tidal Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Aris Water Solutions during the third quarter worth $252,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in shares of Aris Water Solutions by 48.1% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 10,941 shares of the company’s stock worth $262,000 after acquiring an additional 3,554 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 39.71% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, major shareholder S Corp Gable sold 57,731 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.55, for a total value of $1,475,027.05. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 3,165,939 shares in the company, valued at approximately $80,889,741.45. This trade represents a 1.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Debra Coy sold 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.39, for a total value of $38,085.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 42,082 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,068,461.98. This trade represents a 3.44 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 4,161,178 shares of company stock worth $106,845,859 over the last three months. 22.46% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Aris Water Solutions Company Profile

Aris Water Solutions, Inc, an environmental infrastructure and solutions company, provides water handling and recycling solutions. The company's produced water handling business gathers, transports, unless recycled, and handles produced water generated from oil and natural gas production. Its water solutions business develops and operates recycling facilities to treat, store, and recycle produced water.