NYSE:AWKAmerican Water Works Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Water Works' stock was trading at $129.67 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AWK stock has decreased by 12.6% and is now trading at $113.32. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

American Water Works is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Water Works.

American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 18th. The utilities provider reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73. The utilities provider had revenue of $902 million for 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%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.69 EPS. View American Water Works' earnings history.

American Water Works announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. View American Water Works' dividend history.

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 earnings per share estimate of $3.85.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for American Water Works' shares. Their forecasts range from $127.00 to $153.00. On average, they expect American Water Works' stock price to reach $137.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Water Works.

News headlines about AWK stock have trended very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Water Works earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage 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 near future. View the latest news aboutAmerican Water Works.

American Water Works saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 4,108,100 shares, an increase of 6.2% from the February 27th total of 3,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,110,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.01%). 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 M&R Capital Management Inc.. 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, Susan N Story, 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 $113.32.

American Water Works has a market capitalization of $20.51 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]