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

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

American Water Works Trading Up 2.1 %

NYSE:AWK traded up $2.69 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $131.36. 361,433 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,222,274. The company has a fifty day moving average of $124.87 and a 200 day moving average of $134.83. American Water Works has a 12 month low of $113.34 and a 12 month high of $150.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a current ratio of 0.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $25.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.37, a PEG ratio of 2.70 and a beta of 0.72.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The utilities provider reported $1.22 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.09. American Water Works had a net margin of 22.44% and a return on equity of 10.33%. The company had revenue of $1.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.11 billion. On average, research analysts predict that American Water Works will post 5.7 EPS for the current year.

American Water Works Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be issued a $0.765 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. This represents a $3.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.33%. American Water Works’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 56.77%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have commented on AWK. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of American Water Works from $129.00 to $133.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of American Water Works from $147.00 to $128.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of American Water Works from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $151.00 to $155.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $140.57.

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.