NYSE:AWKAmerican Water Works Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Water Works' stock was trading at $129.67 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AWK stock has increased by 0.7% and is now trading at $130.62. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for American Water Works.

American Water Works is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Water Works.

American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $844 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $837.39 million. American Water Works had a net margin of 17.36% and a return on equity of 10.82%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.61 EPS. View American Water Works' earnings history.

American Water Works declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.55 per share on Tuesday, June 2nd. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 11th. This is a positive change from American Water Works's previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. View American Water Works' dividend history.

American Water Works issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.79-$3.89 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.86.

10 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for American Water Works' shares. Their forecasts range from $111.00 to $153.00. On average, they anticipate American Water Works' share price to reach $136.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Water Works.

News headlines about AWK stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Water Works earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about American Water Works.

American Water Works saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,110,000 shares, a decline of 5.8% from the May 31st total of 2,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,340,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View American Water Works' Current Options Chain.

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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 investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.11%) and M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own American Water Works stock include George Mackenzie, Jeffrey N Edwards, Karl F Kurz, Lloyd M Yates, 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 M&R Capital Management Inc., and Confluence Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold American Water Works company stock in the last year include George Mackenzie, Loyd A Warnock, Melanie M Kennedy, Michael A Sgro, and Walter Lynch. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $130.62.

American Water Works has a market capitalization of $23.64 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.

The official website for American Water Works is 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]