A new trading day began on Tuesday, with American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) stock price down -1.86% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $115.98. AWK’s price has ranged from $114.25 to $152.99 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Utilities sector saw sales topped by 4.35%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 7.12%. With a float of $194.36 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $194.73 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 6500 workers is very important to gauge.
American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Utilities – Regulated Water Industry. The insider ownership of American Water Works Co. Inc. is 0.20%, while institutional ownership is 90.39%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 04 ’24, was worth 100,814. In this transaction EVP, CHRO of this company sold 843 shares at a rate of $119.59, taking the stock ownership to the 16,240 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 06 ’23, when Company’s Director bought 3,786 for $130.20, making the entire transaction worth $492,937. This insider now owns 7,459 shares in total.
American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 40.80 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.12% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.50% during the next five years compared to 9.20% growth over the previous five years of trading.
American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are American Water Works Co. Inc.’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.59. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.24.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.88, a number that is poised to hit 1.00 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.68 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK)
The latest stats from [American Water Works Co. Inc., AWK] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.86 million was superior to 1.46 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 9.01%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.42.
During the past 100 days, American Water Works Co. Inc.’s (AWK) raw stochastic average was set at 1.99%, which indicates a significant decrease from 5.24% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 24.52% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 19.80% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $119.56, while its 200-day Moving Average is $129.23. Now, the first resistance to watch is $115.07. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $116.31. The third major resistance level sits at $117.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $112.96, it is likely to go to the next support level at $112.09. The third support level lies at $110.85 if the price breaches the second support level.
American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 22.17 billion, the company has a total of 194,822K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 4,234 M while annual income is 944,000 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,032 M while its latest quarter income was 171,000 K.
