US Capital Advisors Has Negative Outlook of ARIS Q1 Earnings

Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ARIS - Free Report) - Stock analysts at US Capital Advisors dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Aris Water Solutions in a research note issued on Monday, March 24th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now anticipates that the company will earn $0.39 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.40. 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' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.56 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.10 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.19 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on 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. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on shares of Aris Water Solutions from $21.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Aris Water Solutions from $26.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Citigroup reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $26.00 price objective (up from $18.00) on shares of Aris Water Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Evercore ISI downgraded Aris Water Solutions from an "outperform" rating to an "in-line" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $27.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $27.00.

Aris Water Solutions Stock Up 2.0 %

Shares of ARIS stock traded up $0.62 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $32.40. 102,633 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 528,817. The stock's fifty day moving average is $28.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $24.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 1.72 and a quick ratio of 1.72. Aris Water Solutions has a 52-week low of $12.44 and a 52-week high of $33.95. The stock has a market cap of $1.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.52 and a beta of 1.88.

Aris Water Solutions Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 13th were paid a $0.14 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 13th. This is an increase from Aris Water Solutions's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.73%. Aris Water Solutions's payout ratio is 70.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Aris Water Solutions news, CAO Jeffrey K. Hunt sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.92, for a total value of $289,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 44,827 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,296,396.84. This trade represents a 18.24 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, major shareholder Yorktown Energy Partners Xi, L sold 1,000,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.70, for a total value of $27,700,000.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 1,433,195 shares of company stock valued at $38,936,166 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 23.06% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aris Water Solutions

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ARIS. Quarry LP acquired a new position in Aris Water Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Larson Financial Group LLC bought a new position in Aris Water Solutions in the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Aris Water Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. bought a new stake in Aris Water Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at $52,000. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Aris Water Solutions by 74.5% during the fourth quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,042 shares of the company's stock valued at $97,000 after purchasing an additional 1,726 shares during the period. 39.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.