American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.650-5.750 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.680. The company issued revenue guidance of -. American Water Works also updated its FY 2024 guidance to 5.250-5.300 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of American Water Works to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Mizuho lowered shares of American Water Works from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $131.00 to $140.00 in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $164.00 price target on shares of American Water Works in a report on Thursday, September 19th. Wells Fargo & Company cut American Water Works from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $127.00 to $138.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on American Water Works in a report on Monday, October 7th. They set an “underperform” rating and a $124.00 target price for the company. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $140.00.

American Water Works Stock Up 2.1 %

AWK traded up $2.86 during trading on Thursday, reaching $138.55. The stock had a trading volume of 524,285 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,190,692. The company has a current ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24. The company has a market capitalization of $27.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.64, a P/E/G ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 0.69. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $142.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is $136.10. American Water Works has a one year low of $113.34 and a one year high of $150.68.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The utilities provider reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.84 by ($0.04). The business had revenue of $1.32 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.20 billion. American Water Works had a return on equity of 9.60% and a net margin of 21.93%. As a group, analysts expect that American Water Works will post 5.27 earnings per share for the current year.

American Water Works Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be given a dividend of $0.765 per share. This represents a $3.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 12th. American Water Works’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 62.32%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Martha Clark Goss sold 710 shares of American Water Works stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $142.85, for a total value of $101,423.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 36,880 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,268,308. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

American Water Works Company Profile

American Water Works Company, Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states serving approximately 3.5 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems.