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

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AWK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AWK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for American Water Works' shares. Their AWK share price forecasts range from $139.00 to $169.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $153.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.1% from the stock's current price.
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American Water Works' stock was trading at $152.42 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AWK shares have decreased by 16.7% and is now trading at $127.04.
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American Water Works saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,170,000 shares, an increase of 8.6% from the August 31st total of 2,920,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 950,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 30th 2023.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The utilities provider reported $1.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.17. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. American Water Works had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.31% and a net margin of 22.08%. American Water Works's quarterly revenue was up 17.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.20 EPS.
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American Water Works declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 8th will be given a dividend of $0.7075 per share on Friday, September 1st. This represents a $2.83 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 7th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW), Invesco Water Resources ETF (PHO), Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA), Ecofin Global Water ESG Fund (EBLU), iShares MSCI Water Management Multisector ETF (IWTR), iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF (EFRA), Invesco Global Water ETF (PIO) and First Trust Water ETF (FIW).

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) pays an annual dividend of $2.83 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.13%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 59.08%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AWK will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.27% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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American Water Works updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.72-$4.82 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $4.78. 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AWK."

American Water Works' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.00%), State Street Corp (5.66%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (2.82%), Royal Bank of Canada (2.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.13%) and Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (2.10%). 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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Shares of AWK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AWK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $127.04.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) has a market capitalization of $24.73 billion and generates $3.79 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $820 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.79 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,500 workers across the globe.

American Water Works' mailing address is 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ, 08102. The official website for the company is www.amwater.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (856) 955-4001, via email at ir@amwater.com, or via fax at 856-346-8360.