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

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. 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 Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE AWK traded up $0.65 during midday 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 firm has a market capitalization of $24.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.31, a PEG ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.72. American Water Works has a one year low of $113.34 and a one year 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 firm has a 50-day moving average of $124.96 and a two-hundred day moving average of $134.92.

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

American Water Works Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be given a dividend of $0.765 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. This represents a $3.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.39%. American Water Works’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 60.59%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on AWK. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded shares of American Water Works from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $133.00 to $129.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on 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 American Water Works from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $151.00 to $155.00 in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Three investment 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. According to MarketBeat, American Water Works currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $140.00.

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.