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 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for American Water Works' stock. Their AWK share price targets range from $126.00 to $169.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $146.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% 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 13.0% and is now trading at $132.59.
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American Water Works saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,530,000 shares, a decline of 10.6% from the October 15th total of 2,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $1.66 earnings per share 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 analyst estimates of $1.14 billion. American Water Works had a net margin of 22.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.99%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.63 earnings per share.
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American Water Works announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 6th. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 2.13%. 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 2.12%. 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 issued an update on its FY24 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.10-5.20 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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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