American Water Works Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" American Water Works stock. 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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American Water Works is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 3rd 2021.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) announced its earnings results on Sunday, August, 1st. The utilities provider reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.06. The utilities provider earned $999 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. American Water Works had a net margin of 19.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.42%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.97 earnings per share.
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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 (WHO). Since then, AWK shares have increased by 37.3% and is now trading at $178.09.
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American Water Works declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.603 per share on Wednesday, September 1st. This represents a $2.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 9th. This is a positive change from American Water Works's previous quarterly dividend of $0.60.
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American Water Works pays an annual dividend of $2.41 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.37%. American Water Works has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of American Water Works is 61.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American Water Works will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.85% next year. This indicates that American Water Works will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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American Water Works issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.18-4.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.24.

8 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for American Water Works' shares. Their forecasts range from $173.00 to $181.00. On average, they expect American Water Works' share price to reach $175.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%.
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9 employees have rated American Water Works CEO Walter Lynch on Glassdoor.com. Walter Lynch has an approval rating of 37% among American Water Works' 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."

American Water Works' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.85%), Reaves W H & Co. Inc. (0.44%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.28%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.25%) and PGGM Investments (0.22%). Company insiders that own American Water Works stock include Cheryl Norton, George Mackenzie, Lloyd M Yates, Loyd A Warnock, Martha Clark Goss, Maureen Duffy, Melanie M Kennedy, Michael A Sgro and Walter Lynch.
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AWK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clark Capital Management Group Inc., PGGM Investments, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., and Advisors Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold American Water Works company stock in the last year include Cheryl Norton, Maureen Duffy, Melanie M Kennedy, and Walter Lynch.
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AWK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Aegon Asset Management UK PLC, 44 Wealth Management LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, and Asset Management One Co. Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought American Water Works stock in the last two years include Lloyd M Yates, and Martha Clark Goss.
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One share of AWK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $178.09.

American Water Works has a market capitalization of $32.32 billion and generates $3.78 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $709 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.90 on an earnings per share basis.

American Water Works employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

American Water Works was founded in 1886.

The official website for American Water Works is www.amwater.com.

American Water Works is headquartered at 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ, 08102.

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]