American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.09 EPS

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The utilities provider reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.09, Zacks reports. American Water Works had a net margin of 21.77% and a return on equity of 9.75%. American Water Works updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.650-5.750 EPS.

American Water Works Price Performance

AWK opened at $127.82 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $24.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.31, a PEG ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $124.91 and a 200-day moving average price of $134.87. American Water Works has a twelve month low of $113.34 and a twelve month high of $150.68.

American Water Works Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

AWK has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective 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. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded shares of American Water Works from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $133.00 to $129.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, UBS Group upgraded shares of American Water Works from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $151.00 to $155.00 in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus 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.