A new trading day began on Friday, with American Water Works Co. Inc (NYSE: AWK) stock price down -1.42% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $146.04. AWK’s price has ranged from $118.74 to $155.50 over the past 52 weeks.
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Utilities Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 5.49% over the last five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 6.18%. With a float of $194.49 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $194.92 million.
The firm has a total of 6700 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 52.05%, operating margin of 36.66%, and the pretax margin is 29.01%.
American Water Works Co. Inc (AWK) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
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 0.27%, while institutional ownership is 91.69%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 22 ’24, was worth 642,018. In this transaction EVP and COO of this company sold 4,647 shares at a rate of $138.16, taking the stock ownership to the 17,552 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 22 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 4,647 for $138.16, making the entire transaction worth $642,022.
American Water Works Co. Inc (AWK) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.49 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.18% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.49% during the next five years compared to 9.45% 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 0.35. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.99.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.39, a number that is poised to hit 1.06 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.15 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 1.19 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 1.53 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 51.71%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.99.
During the past 100 days, American Water Works Co. Inc’s (AWK) raw stochastic average was set at 68.63%, which indicates a significant increase from 53.18% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 27.21% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 27.12% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $141.29, while its 200-day Moving Average is $137.35. Now, the first resistance to watch is $145.56. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $147.15. The third major resistance level sits at $148.97. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $142.15, it is likely to go to the next support level at $140.32. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $138.73.
American Water Works Co. Inc (NYSE: AWK) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 28.08 billion, the company has a total of 195,011K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 4,684 M while annual income is 1,051 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,201 M while its latest quarter income was 239,000 K.
