American Water Works (AWK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AWK shares.
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3 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for American Water Works' stock. Their AWK share price targets range from $126.00 to $169.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $141.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.8% from the stock's current price.
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American Water Works' stock was trading at $131.99 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, AWK stock has decreased by 11.1% and is now trading at $117.35.
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American Water Works saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,670,000 shares, an increase of 6.4% from the February 29th total of 2,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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American Water Works will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 15th. The utilities provider reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.04. The utilities provider earned $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.02 billion. American Water Works had a net margin of 22.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.70%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 10.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share.
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American Water Works declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.7075 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $2.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.41%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 7th.
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American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) pays an annual dividend of $2.83 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.49%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 57.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AWK will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) stock in their portfolio include Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA), Ecofin Global Water ESG Fund (EBLU), Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW), Invesco Water Resources ETF (PHO), iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF (EFRA), iShares MSCI Water Management Multisector ETF (IWTR), Invesco Global Water ETF (PIO) and First Trust Water ETF (FIW).

American Water Works issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.200-5.300 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 5.160. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

9 employees have rated American Water Works Chief Executive Officer Walter Lynch on Glassdoor.com. Walter Lynch has an approval rating of 37% among the company's employees. This puts Walter Lynch in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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American Water Works' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.10%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.07%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.06%), Perpetual Ltd (0.03%), First National Corp MA ADV (0.02%) and Perennial Advisors LLC (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Cheryl Norton, Martha Clark Goss, Maureen Duffy, Melanie M Kennedy, Melanie M Kennedy, Melissa K Wikle, Michael Marberry and Walter Lynch.
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