A share price of American Water Works Co. Inc [AWK] is currently trading at $142.98, up 1.37%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The AWK shares have gain 3.80% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.40%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
American Water Works Co. Inc [NYSE: AWK] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 25, 2025, when UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Previously, Barclays started tracking the stock with Underweight rating on April 22, 2025, and set its price target to $138. On January 07, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Equal Weight and revised its price target to $129 on the stock. UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $155 on November 19, 2024. Mizuho downgraded its rating to a Neutral and raised its price target to $140 on October 15, 2024. Jefferies started tracking with a Underperform rating for this stock on October 07, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $124.
American Water Works Co. Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $118.74 and $155.50. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $150.11 within the next 12 months. American Water Works Co. Inc [NYSE: AWK] shares were valued at $142.98 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.99% based on the average AWK price forecast.
Analyzing the AWK fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for American Water Works Co. Inc [NYSE:AWK] were 4.94B which represents 11.05% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.6% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.36%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.28%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.22%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.06. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.41.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for American Water Works Co. Inc [NYSE:AWK] is 0.35. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.32, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.85, the price to book ratio is 2.61 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 25.74.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Wikle Melissa K., SVP, Chief Accounting Officer, that happened on May 30 ’25 when 2825.0 shares were sold. EVP and COO, Norton Cheryl completed a deal on Nov 22 ’24 to sell 4647.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Norton Cheryl bought 4647.0 shares on Nov 22 ’24.
