Equities Analysts Set Expectations for AWK Q1 Earnings

American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for American Water Works in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will earn $1.07 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.05. The consensus estimate for American Water Works’ current full-year earnings is $5.71 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for American Water Works’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.91 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.70 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.29 EPS.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The utilities provider reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.09. American Water Works had a net margin of 22.44% and a return on equity of 10.29%. The firm had revenue of $1.20 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on AWK. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of American Water Works from $147.00 to $128.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of American Water Works from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. UBS Group upgraded shares of American Water Works from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $151.00 to $155.00 in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of American Water Works from $133.00 to $142.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $141.86.

American Water Works Stock Down 0.1 %

AWK opened at $144.67 on Monday. American Water Works has a twelve month low of $113.34 and a twelve month high of $152.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $130.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $134.49. The company has a market cap of $28.20 billion, a PE ratio of 26.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.69.

Institutional Trading of American Water Works

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of American Water Works by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 25,107,225 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $3,125,598,000 after buying an additional 217,582 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of American Water Works by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,503,553 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,682,280,000 after buying an additional 214,082 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of American Water Works by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,671,050 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $579,981,000 after buying an additional 106,857 shares during the period. Amundi grew its stake in shares of American Water Works by 11.9% in the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 4,490,423 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $553,687,000 after buying an additional 477,411 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp grew its stake in shares of American Water Works by 11.1% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 3,357,726 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $418,003,000 after buying an additional 335,683 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.58% of the company’s stock.

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.