Compare Stocks: AWR, AWK, EXC, and XLU

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AWK American Water Works	$133.01 +1.0%	$134.93	$120.57 ▼ $145.64	$26.43B	0.58	2.00 million shs	3.06 million shs
AWR American States Water	$82.59 +0.2%	$86.13	$69.45 ▼ $91.72	$3.27B	0.56	287,974 shs	267,108 shs
EXC Exelon	$42.48 -0.3%	$43.09	$39.73 ▼ $50.65	$43.85B	0.3	8.34 million shs	7.27 million shs
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	$41.65 -0.2%	$42.07	$39.03 ▼ $47.80	$24.13B	0.56	24.32 million shs	35.14 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AWK American Water Works	+1.21%	+3.42%	-5.20%	-1.85%	-6.94%
AWR American States Water	-0.13%	+1.28%	-5.51%	-6.00%	+11.28%
EXC Exelon	+0.61%	+2.68%	-0.28%	-8.95%	-10.09%
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	-0.36%	+1.39%	-0.24%	-8.25%	-9.01%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AWK American Water Works	$133.01 +1.0%	$134.93	$120.57 ▼ $145.64	$26.43B	0.58	2.00 million shs	3.06 million shs
AWR American States Water	$82.59 +0.2%	$86.13	$69.45 ▼ $91.72	$3.27B	0.56	287,974 shs	267,108 shs
EXC Exelon	$42.48 -0.3%	$43.09	$39.73 ▼ $50.65	$43.85B	0.3	8.34 million shs	7.27 million shs
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	$41.65 -0.2%	$42.07	$39.03 ▼ $47.80	$24.13B	0.56	24.32 million shs	35.14 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AWK American Water Works	+1.21%	+3.42%	-5.20%	-1.85%	-6.94%
AWR American States Water	-0.13%	+1.28%	-5.51%	-6.00%	+11.28%
EXC Exelon	+0.61%	+2.68%	-0.28%	-8.95%	-10.09%
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	-0.36%	+1.39%	-0.24%	-8.25%	-9.01%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AWK American Water Works	2.00	Hold	$140.11	4.64% Upside
AWR American States Water	2.33	Hold	N/A	N/A
EXC Exelon	2.22	Hold	$49.33	15.63% Upside
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.56	Moderate Buy	$41.72	0.06% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AWR, AWK, EXC, and XLU Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/12/2026	EXC Exelon	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Sector Weight
10/6/2026	EXC Exelon	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B-)
10/2/2026	AWK American Water Works	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
9/22/2026	EXC Exelon	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$52.00 ➝ $49.00
9/21/2026	AWK American Water Works	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
9/18/2026	EXC Exelon	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$53.00 ➝ $50.00
9/10/2026	AWK American Water Works	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$156.00 ➝ $162.00
8/21/2026	EXC Exelon	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$55.00 ➝ $53.00
8/13/2026	EXC Exelon	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Hold	$50.00 ➝ $48.00
8/4/2026	AWK American Water Works	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$139.00
8/4/2026	AWK American Water Works	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Hold	$139.00 ➝ $138.00

(Data available from 10/15/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AWK American Water Works	$5.28B	5.04	$10.53 per share	12.72	$55.52 per share	2.41
AWR American States Water	$658.07M	5.00	$4.66 per share	17.81	$27.01 per share	3.07
EXC Exelon	$25.33B	1.74	$6.43 per share	6.64	$28.50 per share	1.50
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AWK American Water Works	$1.11B	$5.77	23.21	20.32	2.65	21.35%	10.20%	3.20%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
AWR American States Water	$130.44M	$3.65	22.77	21.85	3.12	20.52%	13.50%	5.26%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
EXC Exelon	$2.77B	$2.73	15.63	13.99	2.31	10.99%	9.81%	2.43%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	20.74	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest AWR, AWK, EXC, and XLU Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	AWR American States Water	$1.08	N/A	N/A	N/A	$195.09 million	N/A
10/30/2026	Q3 2026	EXC Exelon	$0.7960	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.81 billion	N/A
10/28/2026	Q3 2026	AWK American Water Works	$2.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.56 billion	N/A
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	AWR American States Water	$0.93	$1.09	+$0.16	$1.09	$171.72 million	$181.29 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	EXC Exelon	$0.4357	$0.43	-$0.0057	$0.39	$5.44 billion	$5.97 billion
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	AWK American Water Works	$1.53	$1.61	+$0.08	$1.61	$1.33 billion	$1.36 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AWK American Water Works	$3.58	2.67%	+8.61%	62.05%	18 Years
AWR American States Water	$2.18	2.63%	+8.67%	59.73%	71 Years
EXC Exelon	$1.68	3.94%	+0.90%	61.54%	3 Years
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	$1.21	2.90%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest AWR, AWK, EXC, and XLU Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/28/2026	EXC Exelon	quarterly	$0.42	3.85%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/15/2026
7/28/2026	AWR American States Water	quarterly	$0.5455	2.48%	8/17/2026	8/17/2026	9/2/2026
7/29/2026	AWK American Water Works	quarterly	$0.8950	2.63%	8/11/2026	8/11/2026	9/1/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AWK American Water Works	1.20	0.52	0.49
AWR American States Water	0.75	0.98	0.90
EXC Exelon	1.71	1.09	0.99
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AWK American Water Works	86.58%
AWR American States Water	75.24%
EXC Exelon	80.92%
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	90.06%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AWK American Water Works	0.08%
AWR American States Water	0.90%
EXC Exelon	0.07%
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AWK American Water Works	7,000	198.73 million	198.57 million	Optionable
AWR American States Water	900	39.64 million	39.28 million	Optionable
EXC Exelon	20,571	1.03 billion	1.03 billion	Optionable
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	579.25 million	N/A	Not Optionable

AWR, AWK, EXC, and XLU Headlines

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AWR, AWK, EXC, and XLU Company Descriptions

American Water Works NYSE:AWK

$133.01 +1.30 (+0.99%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$133.03 +0.02 (+0.01%)

As of 04:20 PM Eastern

American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states serving approximately 3.5 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems. It also provides water and wastewater services on military installations; and undertakes contracts with municipal customers, primarily to operate and manage water and wastewater facilities, as well as offers other related services. In addition, the company operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 540 groundwater treatment plants; 175 wastewater treatment plants; 53,700 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection mains and pipes; 1,200 groundwater wells; 1,700 water and wastewater pumping stations; 1,100 treated water storage facilities; and 74 dams. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

American States Water NYSE:AWR

$82.59 +0.14 (+0.17%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$82.72 +0.13 (+0.16%)

As of 04:15 PM Eastern

American States Water Company, through its subsidiaries, provides water and electric services to residential, commercial, industrial, and other customers in the United States. It operates through three segments: Water, Electric, and Contracted Services. The company purchases, produces, distributes, and sells water, as well as distributes electricity. As of December 31, 2022, American States Water Company provided water service to 263,265 customers located throughout 10 counties in the State of California; and distributed electricity to 24,705 customers in San Bernardino County mountain communities in California. The company also provides water and/or wastewater services, including the operation, maintenance, and construction of facilities at the water and/or wastewater systems at various military installations. American States Water Company was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in San Dimas, California.

Exelon NASDAQ:EXC

$42.48 -0.12 (-0.28%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$42.48 0.00 (-0.01%)

As of 04:21 PM Eastern

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy distribution and transmission businesses in the United States and Canada. The company is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas, transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers. It also offers support services, including legal, human resources, information technology, supply management, financial, engineering, customer operations, transmission and distribution planning, asset management, system operations, and power procurement services. It serves distribution utilities, municipalities, and financial institutions, as well as commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers. Exelon Corporation was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLU

$41.65 -0.07 (-0.17%)

Closing price 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$41.68 +0.03 (+0.07%)

As of 04:33 PM Eastern

Select Sector Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (the Fund), formerly Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund, seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Utilities Select Sector of the S&P 500 Index (the Index). The Index includes companies from industries, such as electric utilities, multi-utilities, independent power producers and energy traders, and gas utilities. The Fund utilizes a passive or indexing investment approach to attempt to approximate the investment performance of the Index. The Fund's investment advisor is SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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