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

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 5.650-5.750 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 5.720. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AWK has been the topic of a number of research reports. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded shares of American Water Works from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $133.00 to $129.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. UBS Group raised shares of American Water Works from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $151.00 to $155.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of American Water Works from $147.00 to $128.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $140.00.

American Water Works Stock Up 0.5 %

AWK stock traded up $0.65 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $127.82. 1,805,704 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,231,284. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a current ratio of 0.58 and a quick ratio of 0.53. The stock has a market cap of $24.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.72. American Water Works has a 1 year low of $113.34 and a 1 year high of $150.68. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $124.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $134.92.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The utilities provider reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.09. American Water Works had a net margin of 21.77% and a return on equity of 9.75%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that American Water Works will post 5.29 EPS for the current year.

American Water Works Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be issued a dividend of $0.765 per share. This represents a $3.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. American Water Works’s payout ratio is currently 60.59%.

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.