Zacks Research Issues Positive Estimate for AWK Earnings

American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) – Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for American Water Works in a report released on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will earn $1.07 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.05. The consensus estimate for American Water Works’ current full-year earnings is $5.71 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for American Water Works’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.91 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.70 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.29 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on American Water Works from $147.00 to $128.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on American Water Works from $133.00 to $142.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, March 13th. UBS Group raised American Water Works from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $151.00 to $155.00 in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, StockNews.com raised American Water Works from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $141.86.

American Water Works Trading Up 0.4 %

NYSE:AWK opened at $144.86 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $129.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $134.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.88, a PEG ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.35 and a current ratio of 0.39. American Water Works has a 1 year low of $113.34 and a 1 year high of $152.07.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 19th. The utilities provider reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $1.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.11 billion. American Water Works had a return on equity of 10.29% and a net margin of 22.44%.

Institutional Trading of American Water Works

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in AWK. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of American Water Works during the fourth quarter valued at $294,524,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in American Water Works by 120.7% in the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,174,395 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $395,180,000 after buying an additional 1,736,258 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in American Water Works by 38.4% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,695,734 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $335,592,000 after buying an additional 747,316 shares during the last quarter. Groupama Asset Managment boosted its stake in American Water Works by 4,227.0% in the 3rd quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 711,927 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $104,000 after buying an additional 695,474 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in American Water Works in the 4th quarter worth about $71,120,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.58% 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.