NYSE:AWK - American Water Works Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Water Works trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AWK."

American Water Works announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Wednesday, March 4th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. View American Water Works' Dividend History.

American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The utilities provider reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. American Water Works had a return on equity of 10.77% and a net margin of 17.85%. American Water Works's revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.20 earnings per share. View American Water Works' Earnings History.

American Water Works is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American Water Works.

American Water Works updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, December, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.79-3.89 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.93.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for American Water Works' stock. Their forecasts range from $116.00 to $153.00. On average, they expect American Water Works' stock price to reach $130.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Water Works.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for American Water Works.

News articles about AWK stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Water Works earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for American Water Works.

American Water Works saw a decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,670,000 shares, a decrease of 7.8% from the September 15th total of 3,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 989,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View American Water Works' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to American Water Works include Aqua America (WTR), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Connecticut Water Service (CTWS), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI) and Consolidated Water (CWCO).

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American Water Works' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.19%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (2.54%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.81%), Stifel Financial Corp (0.67%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.51%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.39%). Company insiders that own American Water Works stock include George Mackenzie, Jeffrey N Edwards, Karl F Kurz, Loyd A Warnock, Melanie M Kennedy, Michael A Sgro, Susan N Story and Walter Lynch. View Institutional Ownership Trends for American Water Works.

AWK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, BB&T Securities LLC, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Empire Life Investments Inc., Cambiar Investors LLC and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. Company insiders that have sold American Water Works company stock in the last year include George Mackenzie, Loyd A Warnock, Michael A Sgro, Susan N Story and Walter Lynch. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Water Works.

AWK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Barclays PLC, Man Group plc, California Public Employees Retirement System, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have bought American Water Works stock in the last two years include Jeffrey N Edwards, Karl F Kurz and Susan N Story. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Water Works.

Shares of AWK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AWK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $118.43.

American Water Works has a market capitalization of $21.41 billion and generates $3.44 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $567 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.30 on an earnings per share basis. American Water Works employs 7,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About American Water Works.

The official website for American Water Works is http://www.amwater.com/.

American Water Works' mailing address is 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ, 08102. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 856-955-4001 or via email at [email protected]