American Water Works Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Water Works in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 4 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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10 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for American Water Works' shares. Their AWK stock forecasts range from $156.00 to $205.00. On average, they predict American Water Works' share price to reach $175.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price.
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American Water Works' stock was trading at $188.86 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AWK shares have decreased by 18.8% and is now trading at $153.43.
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American Water Works is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 1st 2022.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.12. The utilities provider had revenue of $842 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $872.01 million. American Water Works had a net margin of 33.16% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.25%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.73 earnings per share.
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American Water Works announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 10th will be given a dividend of $0.655 per share on Wednesday, June 1st. This represents a $2.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 9th. This is a boost from American Water Works's previous quarterly dividend of $0.60.
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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 1.76%. American Water Works has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of American Water Works is 36.95%. 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 54.02% 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 FY22 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.39 to $4.49 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.45.

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.

Some companies that are related to American Water Works include American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Consolidated Water (CWCO) and Cadiz (CDZI).
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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 $153.43.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) has a market capitalization of $27.89 billion and generates $3.93 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.26 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.089990 on an earnings per share basis.

American Water Works employs 6,400 workers across the globe.

American Water Works was founded in 1886.

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