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American Water Works Company, Inc.

AWK

NYSE·Utilities·Regulated Water·Mkt cap $25.7B

$136.86

+3.85%

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52-Week Range

$120.57 - $147.87

P/E

24.22

Fwd P/E

22.41

Beta

0.61

Div Yield

2.56%

Avg Vol

2.0M

Shares Out

195.3M

Mkt Cap

$25.7B

Price action

Price chart

Down 6.1% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Extensive Geographic Coverage
  • Comprehensive Water Infrastructure Network
  • Regulatory Compliance Expertise
  • Long-Term Municipal Service Contracts

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.6).

Growth

Stable outlook

Infrastructure Modernization Investments

Value

Fairly valued vs Water Utilities peers

Momentum

Stable

-4.6% over 3m

Quality

Strong

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Solid

2.56% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 28, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

APR 29, 2026

Reported EPS of $1.01 vs $1.10 consensus (-8.2% surprise). Revenue of $1.2B vs $1.2B expected (+3.1%).

EPS miss
Rev beat +3.1%

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-8.2%

Next: Apr 28, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+16%

+13%

+11%

+10%

+6%

+6%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$1.1B

$1.3B

$1.2B

$1.1B

$1.3B

$1.5B

$1.3B

$1.2B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

59.2%

Operating

32.4%

Profit

16.2%

Wall Street consensus

5 analysts · 20% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

1

20%

Hold

3

60%

Sell

1

20%

Median Price Target

$131.00

-4.3% vs $136.86

Low $124.00
Median $131.00
High $140.00

Latest: UBS · Jul 2, 2026

3 analysts covering

vs Industry

How AWK stacks vs Regulated Water

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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