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 Stock Up 0.5 %

Shares of NYSE:AWK traded up $0.65 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $127.82. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,805,704 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,231,284. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a current ratio of 0.58. American Water Works has a fifty-two week low of $113.34 and a fifty-two week high of $150.68. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $124.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $134.92. The company has a market capitalization of $24.91 billion, a PE ratio of 25.31, a PEG ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.72.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The utilities provider reported $1.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.09. American Water Works had a return on equity of 9.75% and a net margin of 21.77%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that American Water Works will post 5.29 EPS for the current year.

American Water Works Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.765 per share. This represents a $3.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. American Water Works’s payout ratio is currently 60.59%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have issued reports on AWK shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on American Water Works from $147.00 to $128.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded American Water Works from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $133.00 to $129.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, UBS Group upgraded American Water Works from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $151.00 to $155.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, American Water Works has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $140.00.

About American Water Works

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.