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. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Wednesday, March 4th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. View American Water Works' Dividend History.

American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The utilities provider reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.30 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. American Water Works had a net margin of 17.85% and a return on equity of 10.77%. The company's revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $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 guidance of $3.79-3.89 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.93.

6 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for American Water Works' stock. Their forecasts range from $116.00 to $153.00. On average, they anticipate American Water Works' share price to reach $130.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% 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 positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Water Works earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for American Water Works.

American Water Works saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,670,000 shares, a decline of 7.8% from the September 15th total of 3,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 989,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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 $122.35.

American Water Works has a market capitalization of $22.12 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]