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After finishing at $146.04 in the prior trading day, American Water Works Co. Inc (NYSE: AWK) closed at $143.97, down -1.42%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.42 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.34 million shares were traded. AWK stock price reached its highest trading level at $145.325 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $141.91.
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 0.35 and its Current Ratio is at 0.39. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.37 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.22.
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 Nov 22 ’24 when Norton Cheryl sold 4,647 shares for $138.16 per share. The transaction valued at 642,018 led to the insider holds 17,552 shares of the business.
Norton Cheryl bought 4,647 shares of AWK for $642,022 on Nov 22 ’24. On Sep 03 ’24, another insider, GOSS MARTHA CLARK, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 710 shares for $142.85 each. As a result, the insider received 101,424 and left with 36,880 shares of the company.
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 28479426560 and an Enterprise Value of 42023563264. As of this moment, American’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 26.71, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 23.42. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.12. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.99 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.72. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.972 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.584.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AWK is 0.73, which has changed by 0.17737973 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07995045 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 1.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.82%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.65M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1215410 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 194.92M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 194.49M. Insiders hold about 0.27% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.69% stake in the company. Shares short for AWK as of 1744675200 were 5370467 with a Short Ratio of 3.25, compared to 1741910400 on 5171220. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5370467 and a Short% of Float of 3.56.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, AWK’s forward annual dividend rate was 3.003, compared to 3.06 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020562861The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.77.
