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American Water Works

AWK · NYSE

$135.79+$0.66 (+0.49%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $135.13

About AWK

American Water Works Co., Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of water and wastewater services. The company is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey and currently employs 7,000 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2008-04-23. The firm's primary business involves the ownership of utilities that provide water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, industrial, public authority, fire service and sale for resale customers. The firm also operates other businesses that provide water and wastewater services to the United States government on military installations, as well as municipalities. The firm operates its business through the Regulated Businesses segment. The Regulated Businesses segment includes subsidiaries that provide water and wastewater services to customers in 14 states. The firm's utilities operate in states such as Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The company also serves commercial customers, fire service customers, industrial customers, public authorities, and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems.

Employees
7,000
Headquarters
Camden, New Jersey
Listed
Apr 23, 2008
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Water Utilities
Website
amwater.com

AWK key statistics

Market cap
26.99B
Price-earnings ratio
23.15
Dividend yield
2.42%
Average volume
1.84M
Volume
5
Open price
$135.02
High today
$137.20
Low today
$133.99
52 Week high
$145.64
52 Week low
$120.57

American Water Works (AWK) at a glance

American Water Works (AWK) last traded at $135.79, with a market cap of 26.99B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.15 and a dividend yield of 2.42%.

Today the stock has traded between $133.99 and $137.20. The current price is 1.3% above the day's low and 1.0% below its high.

Volume so far is 5 shares, below the average of 1.84M shares a day.

Over the past year American Water Works has ranged from $120.57 to $145.64, and now sits 61% of the way up that range.

American Water Works met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 3 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $1.61 per share against an estimate of $1.56.

The average analyst price target is $144.62, 6.5% above the current price, from 9 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

11%of 9 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy11.1%
  • Hold66.7%
  • Sell22.2%
Price target · 14 analystsAvg $144.62
Low
$129.28
Now
$135.79
High
$170.10

AWK earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 3 of the last 8 quarters, by 4.0% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported $1.77 per share against an estimate of $1.86
  2. Q4 FY24: reported $1.20 per share against an estimate of $1.13
  3. Q1 FY25: reported $1.02 per share against an estimate of $1.06
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $1.48 per share against an estimate of $1.53
  5. Q3 FY25: reported $1.94 per share against an estimate of $1.90
  6. Q4 FY25: reported $1.22 per share against an estimate of $1.27
  7. Q1 FY26: reported $1.01 per share against an estimate of $1.11
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $1.61 per share against an estimate of $1.56

AWK news

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Indiana American Water Proudly Recognizes $25,000 American Water Charitable Foundation STEM Education Grant to Girls Inc. of Shelbyville

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Kentucky American Water President Addresses ASCE 2026 Report Card for Kentucky's Infrastructure

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Illinois American Water Announces 2026 "Water Keeps Life Flowing" Art Contest

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    35 Years of Support: Pennsylvania American Water Marks Milestone for Customer Assistance Program

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    California American Water Secures Federal Funding to Advance Affordable Wildfire-Resilience Upgrades for Monterey County Water System

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    American Water Announces Leadership Changes in Missouri and Illinois

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Illinois American Water Employees Join Local Organizations to Strengthen Communities Across the State

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    American Water Charitable Foundation Joins Important Philanthropy Discussions at The Women Who Lead Forum

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