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

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" AWK shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for American Water Works' shares. Their AWK share price targets range from $126.00 to $169.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $146.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% from the stock's current price.
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American Water Works' stock was trading at $152.42 at the start of the year. Since then, AWK stock has decreased by 13.8% and is now trading at $131.44.
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American Water Works saw a decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,530,000 shares, a decrease of 10.6% from the October 15th total of 2,830,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,150,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 21st 2024.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.55 by $0.11. The utilities provider earned $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.14 billion. American Water Works had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.99% and a net margin of 22.26%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.63 earnings per share.
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American Water Works declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 14th will be given a dividend of $0.7075 per share on Friday, December 1st. This represents a $2.83 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 13th.
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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 2.12%. 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 58.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AWK will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.95% 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 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 updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.10-5.20 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.14.

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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Impax Asset Management Group plc (2.89%), Royal Bank of Canada (2.58%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.89%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.89%), Northern Trust Corp (1.84%) and Legal & General Group Plc (1.53%). 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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