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NYSE:AWK

American Water Works - AWK Competitors

$144.14
+2.92 (+2.07%)
(As of 03/29/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$141.89
$144.42
50-Day Range
$133.65
$160.60
52-Week Range
$122.77
$173.87
Volume
608,747 shs
Average Volume
1.24 million shs
Market Capitalization
$26.23 billion
P/E Ratio
31.96
Dividend Yield
1.82%
Price Target
$158.29

AWK vs. WTRG, EIX, ES, TLK, TEF, TU, WEC, AEE, FE, and ETR

Should you be buying American Water Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Water Works include Essential Utilities (WTRG), Edison International (EIX), Eversource Energy (ES), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Telefónica (TEF), TELUS (TU), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), FirstEnergy (FE), and Entergy (ETR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

American Water Works vs.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) and Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

American Water Works has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Water Works received 471 more outperform votes than Essential Utilities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave American Water Works an outperform vote while only 36.17% of users gave Essential Utilities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American Water WorksOutperform Votes
488
66.49%
Underperform Votes
246
33.51%
Essential UtilitiesOutperform Votes
17
36.17%
Underperform Votes
30
63.83%

83.1% of American Water Works shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Essential Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Water Works shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

American Water Works presently has a consensus target price of $158.29, indicating a potential upside of 9.81%. Essential Utilities has a consensus target price of $52.38, indicating a potential upside of 23.12%. Given Essential Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Essential Utilities is more favorable than American Water Works.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Water Works
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Essential Utilities
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

American Water Works has a net margin of 21.62% compared to Essential Utilities' net margin of 20.33%. American Water Works' return on equity of 10.76% beat Essential Utilities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Water Works 21.62% 10.76% 3.06%
Essential Utilities 20.33% 8.73% 3.05%

American Water Works has higher revenue and earnings than Essential Utilities. Essential Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Water Works, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Water Works$3.79 billion6.92$820 million$4.5131.96
Essential Utilities$2.29 billion4.92$465.24 million$1.7724.03

American Water Works pays an annual dividend of $2.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. American Water Works pays out 58.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essential Utilities pays out 65.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, American Water Works had 7 more articles in the media than Essential Utilities. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for American Water Works and 8 mentions for Essential Utilities. American Water Works' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Essential Utilities' score of 0.75 indicating that American Water Works is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Water Works
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Essential Utilities
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

American Water Works beats Essential Utilities on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AWK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AWK vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Water WorksWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$26.23B$4.14B$13.23B$14.44B
Dividend Yield1.85%2.01%3.75%3.92%
P/E Ratio31.9628.79107.3823.07
Price / Sales6.9239.871,107.8010.87
Price / Cash17.5617.3025.0216.42
Price / Book3.413.051.896.84
Net Income$820M$155.81M$355.97M$868.68M
7 Day Performance5.43%4.91%2.65%2.93%
1 Month Performance2.68%-0.26%-0.29%-5.27%
1 Year Performance-13.09%2.98%-7.07%-13.85%

American Water Works Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTRG
Essential Utilities
2.9093 of 5 stars
$42.54
+1.2%
$52.38
+23.1%
-16.7%$11.25B$2.29B24.033,187Short Interest ↑
EIX
Edison International
2.5928 of 5 stars
$69.80
+1.6%
$69.27
-0.8%
+0.1%$26.71B$17.22B43.6313,388Short Interest ↑
ES
Eversource Energy
3.0068 of 5 stars
$77.55
+1.8%
$88.55
+14.2%
-11.7%$27.02B$12.29B19.209,626Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
TLK
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk
1.6698 of 5 stars
$27.40
+0.8%
N/A-14.6%$24.68B$10.02B17.2323,756Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
TEF
Telefónica
1.6521 of 5 stars
$4.20
+2.7%
$4.00
-4.8%
-12.1%$24.26B$42.14B12.35103,651Gap Up
TU
TELUS
2.4585 of 5 stars
$19.92
+0.1%
$31.00
+55.6%
-22.8%$28.50B$14.16B22.13108,500Analyst Revision
WEC
WEC Energy Group
1.9719 of 5 stars
$94.34
+1.2%
$98.78
+4.7%
-4.9%$29.76B$9.60B21.157,022
AEE
Ameren
1.9465 of 5 stars
$86.01
+1.7%
$94.40
+9.8%
-6.9%$22.54B$7.96B20.789,244Short Interest ↑
FE
FirstEnergy
2.5175 of 5 stars
$39.29
+1.7%
$43.56
+10.9%
-13.6%$22.48B$12.46B55.3412,335Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
ETR
Entergy
2.7938 of 5 stars
$106.16
+1.0%
$122.07
+15.0%
-8.8%$22.44B$13.76B19.7011,707Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
This page (NYSE:AWK) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff