American Water Works - AWK Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AWK shares. 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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8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for American Water Works' shares. Their AWK share price forecasts range from $152.00 to $177.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $163.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.7% from the stock's current price.
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American Water Works' stock was trading at $188.86 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, AWK shares have decreased by 31.1% and is now trading at $130.16.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The utilities provider reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.06. The utilities provider earned $937 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $979.52 million. American Water Works had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.06% and a net margin of 33.99%. The business's revenue was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.14 earnings per share.
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American Water Works declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 9th will be given a dividend of $0.655 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $2.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.01%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 8th.
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American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) pays an annual dividend of $2.62 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.97%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 36.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AWK will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.13% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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American Water Works updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.39-$4.49 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $4.46. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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

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One share of AWK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $130.16.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) has a market capitalization of $23.66 billion and generates $3.93 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.26 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.15 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,400 workers across the globe.

American Water Works' mailing address is 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ, 08102. The official website for the company is www.amwater.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (856) 955-4001, via email at ir@amwater.com, or via fax at 856-346-8360.