On Friday, American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) was 0.83% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $140.79. A 52-week range for AWK has been $113.34 – $150.68.
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Utilities Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 4.35% over the last five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 7.55%. With a float of $194.49 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $194.73 million.
The firm has a total of 6500 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 51.09%, operating margin of 35.58%, and the pretax margin is 28.17%.
American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward American Water Works Co. Inc. stocks. The insider ownership of American Water Works Co. Inc. is 0.19%, while institutional ownership is 90.71%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 03 ’24, was worth 101,424. In this transaction Director of this company sold 710 shares at a rate of $142.85, taking the stock ownership to the 36,880 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 03 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 710 for $142.85, making the entire transaction worth $101,424.
American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK) Earnings and Forecasts
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 6/30/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 1.66 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 1.65) by 0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.08 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.55% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.88% 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
You can see what American Water Works Co. Inc. (AWK) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.58. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 6.35.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.90, a number that is poised to hit 1.84 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)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [American Water Works Co. Inc., AWK], we can find that recorded value of 0.7 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 1.21 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 84.50%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.53.
During the past 100 days, American Water Works Co. Inc.’s (AWK) raw stochastic average was set at 67.70%, which indicates a significant increase from 61.43% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.40% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 19.14% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $143.25, while its 200-day Moving Average is $131.25. Now, the first resistance to watch is $143.08. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $144.19. The third major resistance level sits at $146.19. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $139.97, it is likely to go to the next support level at $137.97. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $136.86.
American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) Key Stats
There are 194,823K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 27.66 billion. As of now, sales total 4,234 M while income totals 944,000 K. Its latest quarter income was 1,149 M while its last quarter net income were 277,000 K.
