Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ARIS – Free Report) – Investment analysts at US Capital Advisors lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Aris Water Solutions in a research report issued on Monday, March 24th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.52 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.51. 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.
Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Aris Water Solutions from $21.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Evercore ISI downgraded Aris Water Solutions from an “outperform” rating to an “in-line” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $25.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $26.00 target price (up previously from $18.00) on shares of Aris Water Solutions in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Aris Water Solutions from $26.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Aris Water Solutions from $26.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $27.00.
Aris Water Solutions Stock Up 2.2 %
Aris Water Solutions stock opened at $33.25 on Wednesday. Aris Water Solutions has a 52 week low of $12.44 and a 52 week high of $33.91. The stock has a market cap of $1.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.56 and a beta of 1.88. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $28.57 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $23.84. The company has a current ratio of 1.72, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62.
Aris Water Solutions Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 13th will be issued a $0.14 dividend. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.68%. This is a boost from Aris Water Solutions’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 13th. Aris Water Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 70.00%.
Insider Transactions at Aris Water Solutions
In other Aris Water Solutions news, CAO Jeffrey K. Hunt sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.92, for a total transaction of $289,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 44,827 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,296,396.84. This trade represents a 18.24 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Nicholas A. Patterson sold 8,299 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.60, for a total value of $253,949.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 58,228 shares in the company, valued at $1,781,776.80. This represents a 12.47 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 1,749,603 shares of company stock valued at $46,934,960 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 22.46% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ARIS. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in shares of Aris Water Solutions by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 965,008 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,112,000 after buying an additional 9,395 shares during the period. Mackenzie Financial Corp acquired a new stake in Aris Water Solutions during the fourth quarter valued at $533,000. Voloridge Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in Aris Water Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at about $358,000. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. acquired a new position in Aris Water Solutions in the 4th quarter worth about $332,000. Finally, Squarepoint Ops LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Aris Water Solutions during the 4th quarter worth about $1,569,000. 39.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About Aris Water Solutions
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.
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