American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) Shares Bought by Yousif Capital Management LLC

Yousif Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) by 0.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 33,233 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 310 shares during the period. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in American Water Works were worth $4,386,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. MV Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in American Water Works by 110.8% during the 4th quarter. MV Capital Management Inc. now owns 196 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the period. ORG Partners LLC lifted its stake in American Water Works by 79.2% during the 4th quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 233 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the period. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in American Water Works during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new stake in American Water Works during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, Key Financial Inc lifted its stake in American Water Works by 266.7% during the 4th quarter. Key Financial Inc now owns 275 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the period. 86.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have commented on AWK. StockNews.com cut shares of American Water Works from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 3rd. Evercore ISI lowered shares of American Water Works from an “outperform” rating to an “in-line” rating and cut their target price for the company from $160.00 to $135.00 in a report on Friday, February 16th.

American Water Works Price Performance

NYSE:AWK opened at $120.78 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 0.65 and a quick ratio of 0.59. The firm has a market cap of $23.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.89 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $119.13 and a 200-day moving average price of $124.18. American Water Works Company, Inc. has a 1-year low of $113.34 and a 1-year high of $151.24.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 15th. The utilities provider reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.02 billion. American Water Works had a net margin of 22.30% and a return on equity of 9.70%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that American Water Works Company, Inc. will post 5.24 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Melanie M. Kennedy sold 843 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.59, for a total value of $100,814.37. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 16,240 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,942,141.60. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.08% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.