American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) is 10.69% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $113.34 and a high of $150.68 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AWK stock was last observed hovering at around $145.67 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.43%.
Currently trading at $146.10, the stock is -0.28% and 1.53% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.18 million and changing 0.30% at the moment leaves the stock 11.76% off its SMA200. AWK registered 22.00% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 22.85%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $144.0164 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $130.7806.
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The stock witnessed a 1.83% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 14.18%, and is 1.37% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.47% over the week and 1.55% over the month.
American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK) has around 6500 employees, a market worth around $28.47B and $4.36B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 29.80 and Fwd P/E is 25.72. Profit margin for the company is 21.93%. Distance from 52-week low is 28.90% and -3.04% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.20%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 7.52% this year
1511.0 institutions hold shares in American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK), with institutional investors hold 94.04% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 194.73M, and float is at 194.49M with Short Float at 2.29%. Institutions hold 93.92% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 24.71 million shares valued at $3.19 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.6736 of the AWK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 18.52 million shares valued at $2.39 billion to account for 9.4978 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 11.29 million shares representing 5.7895 and valued at over $1.46 billion, while ARISTOTLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 3.5399 of the shares totaling 6.9 million with a market value of $891.58 million.
American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by GOSS MARTHA CLARK, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that GOSS MARTHA CLARK sold 710 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 03 ’24 at a price of $142.85 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 36880.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 04 ’24, Kennedy Melanie M (EVP, CHRO) disposed off 843 shares at an average price of $119.59 for $0.1 million. The insider now directly holds 16,240 shares of American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK).
