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After finishing at $140.05 in the prior trading day, American Water Works Co. Inc (NYSE: AWK) closed at $139.81, down -0.17%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.89 million shares were traded. AWK stock price reached its highest trading level at $140.285 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $137.4.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of AWK by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.44 and its Current Ratio is at 0.49. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.38 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.27.
On April 22, 2025, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $138.
Wells Fargo Upgraded its Underweight to Equal Weight on January 07, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $133 to $129.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 30 ’25 when Wikle Melissa K. sold 2,825 shares for $143.28 per share. The transaction valued at 404,766 led to the insider holds 7,572 shares of the business.
Norton Cheryl sold 4,647 shares of AWK for $642,018 on Nov 22 ’24. The EVP and COO now owns 17,552 shares after completing the transaction at $138.16 per share. On Nov 22 ’24, another insider, Norton Cheryl, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 4,647 shares for $138.16 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AWK now has a Market Capitalization of 27311323136 and an Enterprise Value of 41584574464. As of this moment, American’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.45, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 22.77. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.91. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.66 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.59. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.636 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.982.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AWK is 0.70, which has changed by 0.092948675 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11730647 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AWK has reached a high of $155.50, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $118.74. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.01%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.63%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.57M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1261410 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 195.01M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 194.47M. Insiders hold about 0.28% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.15% stake in the company. Shares short for AWK as of 1747267200 were 4512370 with a Short Ratio of 2.88, compared to 1744675200 on 5370467. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4512370 and a Short% of Float of 2.9899999999999998.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, AWK’s forward annual dividend rate was 3.06, compared to 3.12 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0218509The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.79.
