American Water Works Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" American Water Works stock. 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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American Water Works is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 24th 2021.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 9th. The utilities provider reported $1.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.08. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion. American Water Works had a net margin of 17.63% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.03%. American Water Works's revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.33 earnings per share.
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American Water Works' stock was trading at $129.67 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AWK stock has increased by 15.6% and is now trading at $149.94.
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American Water Works announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 8th will be given a dividend of $0.55 per share on Tuesday, March 2nd. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 5th.
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American Water Works pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.44%. American Water Works has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of American Water Works is 60.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American Water Works will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.76% next year. This indicates that American Water Works will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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American Water Works updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.18-4.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.24.

12 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for American Water Works' shares. Their forecasts range from $111.00 to $184.00. On average, they anticipate American Water Works' stock price to reach $150.22 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% from the stock's current price.
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9 employees have rated American Water Works CEO Walter Lynch on Glassdoor.com. Walter Lynch has an approval rating of 37% among American Water Works' 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.14%), Northern Trust Corp (1.79%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.74%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (1.06%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.79%) and Stifel Financial Corp (0.78%). Company insiders that own American Water Works stock include Cheryl Norton, George Mackenzie, Jeffrey N Edwards, Lloyd M Yates, Loyd A Warnock, Maureen Duffy, Melanie M Kennedy, Michael A Sgro, Susan N Story and Walter Lynch.
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AWK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Bessemer Group Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Federated Hermes Inc., Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV, Janus Henderson Group PLC, and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold American Water Works company stock in the last year include Cheryl Norton, Maureen Duffy, Melanie M Kennedy, and Walter Lynch.
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AWK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vontobel Holding Ltd., Credit Suisse AG, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Nordea Investment Management AB, PGGM Investments, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have bought American Water Works stock in the last two years include Jeffrey N Edwards, and Lloyd M Yates.
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One share of AWK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $149.94.

American Water Works has a market capitalization of $27.18 billion and generates $3.61 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $621 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.61 on an earnings per share basis.

American Water Works employs 6,800 workers across the globe.

American Water Works was founded in 1886.

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

American Water Works is headquartered at 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ, 08102.

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]