American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About American Water Works Company, Inc.
American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services on military installations; and undertakes contracts with municipal customers, primarily to operate and manage water and wastewater facilities, as well as offers other related services. The company also operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 520 groundwater treatment plants; 170 wastewater treatment plants; 55,000 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection mains and pipes; 1,200 groundwater wells; 1,800 water and wastewater pumping stations; 1,100 treated water storage facilities; and 75 dams. In addition, it offers water and wastewater services to 14 states serving approximately 3.6 million active customers.
Sector: Utilities · Industry: Utilities - Regulated Water · United States · 7,000 employees · amwater.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) had a market capitalization of $27.96B, a trailing P/E of 24.3 (forward 21.4), a dividend yield of 2.54% and a beta of 0.58; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $120.57 – $145.64 (0.6% over the year).
- Market cap
- $27.96B
- Enterprise value
- $43.80B
- Trailing P/E
- 24.3
- Forward P/E
- 21.4
- PEG ratio
- 2.50
- Price / book
- 2.40
- EPS (trailing)
- $5.78
- EPS (forward)
- $6.57
- Dividend yield
- 2.54%
- Payout ratio
- 58.5%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-08-11
- 52-week range
- $120.57 – $145.64
- 52-week change
- 0.6%
- Beta
- 0.58
- Average volume
- 2.3M
- Shares outstanding
- 198.7M
- Short % of float
- 6.88%
- Profit margin
- 21.3%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-08
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-08 scan of the US universe, American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) last closed at $140.70 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 61 (neutral territory), price +2.4% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread +1.7%, MACD histogram 0.22.
Sentiment inputs: 100% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 91% bullish; analyst consensus score 52/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 50 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 2 sells of AWK; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 0 sells (2 distinct filers, latest disclosure 2026-08-14). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Richard McCormick (0B/1S), Thomas H Tuberville (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
AWK has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell AWK.
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