NYSE:AWKAmerican Water Works Stock Price, Forecast & News

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. Since then, AWK shares have increased by 1.3% and is now trading at $131.31. 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, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Water Works.

American Water Works will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $844 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $837.39 million. American Water Works had a net margin of 17.36% and a return on equity of 10.82%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.61 EPS. View American Water Works' earnings history.

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

American Water Works updated 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 earnings per share estimate of $3.86.

10 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for American Water Works' stock. Their forecasts range from $111.00 to $153.00. On average, they expect American Water Works' share price to reach $136.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Water Works.

News headlines about AWK stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. American Water Works earned a coverage optimism score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about American Water Works.

American Water Works saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,350,000 shares, an increase of 11.4% from the June 15th total of 2,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,080,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Robecosam AG (0.16%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.11%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.04%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%) and Old Port Advisors (0.01%). 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., 6 Meridian, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH, and Old Port Advisors. 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.

AWK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Canandaigua National Corp, DNB Asset Management AS, Paragon Advisors LLC, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought American Water Works stock in the last two years include Jeffrey N Edwards, Karl F Kurz, Lloyd M Yates, and Susan N Story. 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 $131.31.

American Water Works has a market capitalization of $23.77 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]