US Capital Advisors Has Negative View of ARIS Q1 Earnings

Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ARIS) – Research analysts at US Capital Advisors decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Aris Water Solutions in a note issued to investors on Monday, March 24th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $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.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of Aris Water Solutions from $26.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Evercore ISI lowered Aris Water Solutions from an “outperform” rating to an “in-line” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $25.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Aris Water Solutions from $26.00 to $29.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on Aris Water Solutions from $21.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed 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. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Aris Water Solutions presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $27.00.

Aris Water Solutions Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ARIS opened at $32.62 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.72, a current ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.91 billion, a PE ratio of 40.77 and a beta of 1.88. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $28.65 and its 200-day moving average price is $23.90. Aris Water Solutions has a twelve month low of $12.44 and a twelve month high of $34.01.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Aris Water Solutions by 53.0% in the third quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 21,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $355,000 after purchasing an additional 7,281 shares during the last quarter. Martingale Asset Management L P increased its holdings in shares of Aris Water Solutions by 81.0% in the 3rd quarter. Martingale Asset Management L P now owns 60,582 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,022,000 after buying an additional 27,109 shares during the last quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP raised its position in shares of Aris Water Solutions by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 523,533 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,832,000 after buying an additional 23,594 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Aris Water Solutions by 66.2% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 21,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $361,000 after acquiring an additional 8,499 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its position in Aris Water Solutions by 7.0% in the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 40,596 shares of the company’s stock worth $685,000 after acquiring an additional 2,663 shares in the last quarter. 39.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CAO Jeffrey K. Hunt sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.92, for a total value of $289,200.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 44,827 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,296,396.84. The trade was a 18.24 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Yorktown Energy Partners Xi, L sold 1,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sold 1,433,195 shares of company stock worth $38,936,166 in the last three months. 22.46% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Aris Water Solutions Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 13th. This is an increase from Aris Water Solutions’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. Aris Water Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 70.00%.

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.