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 declared 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 1.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. View American Water Works' Dividend History.

American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 18th. The utilities provider reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73. The utilities provider earned $902 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $928.56 million. American Water Works had a return on equity of 10.79% and a net margin of 17.20%. American Water Works's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.69 earnings per share. View American Water Works' Earnings History.

American Water Works is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American Water Works.

American Water Works updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.79-3.89 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.85.

7 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for American Water Works' stock. Their forecasts range from $128.00 to $153.00. On average, they expect American Water Works' stock price to reach $140.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Water Works.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for American Water Works.

News stories about AWK stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for American Water Works.

American Water Works saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,320,000 shares, a decrease of 6.5% from the January 15th total of 4,620,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 932,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.6 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares are short sold. 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), Consolidated Water (CWCO) and Cadiz (CDZI).

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American Water Works' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Quarterback LLC (16.83%), State Street Corp (5.46%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (2.67%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.72%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.71%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.33%). 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 Janus Henderson Group PLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Gabelli Funds LLC, Trillium Asset Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, DE Burlo Group Inc., BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp and AQR Capital Management LLC. 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 Wealth Quarterback LLC, FMR LLC, State Street Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., M&G Investment Management Ltd., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., MUFG Securities EMEA plc and Stifel Financial Corp. 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 $136.53.

American Water Works has a market capitalization of $24.71 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.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]