Overview
American Water Works Company, Inc., based in the United States, is a prominent player in the utilities sector, specializing in water and wastewater services. As one of the largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility companies in the U.S., American Water Works serves millions of customers across 46 states. The company is engaged in the ownership, operation, treatment, testing, and delivery of safe water and wastewater management services, which highlight its crucial role in public health and environmental stewardship. Key projects typically include infrastructure modernization, sustainable water management initiatives, and technological integration aimed at improving water quality and service reliability, underscoring its commitment to innovation and regulatory compliance in the water utility industry.
Basic Stats
The share price of American Water Works Company, Inc. as of 4 September 2025 is US$140.82 / share. This is a decrease of -1.84% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of American Water Works Company, Inc. as of 5 September 2025 is US$27,473.75 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of American Water Works Company, Inc. from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 27,473.75 MM |
| EV | 42,368.75 MM |
| Shares Out. | 195.10 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 5.55 |
| Dividend Yield | 335.18 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-08-12 |
| Borrow Rate | |
| Short Shares Avail. | |
| Short Interest | |
| Short Float | |
| Days to Cover | |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | -2.71 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.24 |
| Beta | -0.14 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | -0.29 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | -0.50 |
| PE Ratio | 25.37 |
| Price/Book | 2.57 |
| Price/TBV | 2.88 |
| Book/Market | 0.39 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.03 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.03 |
| ROA | 0.03 |
| ROE | 0.11 |
| ROIC | 0.04 |
| CROIC | 0.00 |
| OCROIC | 0.08 |
| Implied Volatility | |
| Put/Call OI Ratio |
| Growth | 57.70 /100 |
| Profitability | 53.52 /100 |
| Quality Score | 72.83 /100 |
| Value Score | 53.61 /100 |
| Momentum Score | 39.43 /100 |
| Stability (Low Vol) Score | 83.25 /100 |
| Analyst Sentiment | 18.80 /100 |
| Fund Sentiment | 27.55 /100 |
| Insider Sentiment | |
| Officer Sentiment | |
| Dividend Score | |
| QVM Score | |
| Piotroski F-SCORE | 6.00 /9 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for American Water Works Company, Inc. is US$145.34. The forecasts range from a low of US$118.21 to a high of US$168.45. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for American Water Works Company, Inc.. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-13 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-02-16 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | In-Line | Downgrade |
| 2023-11-07 | Mizuho | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-10-03 | Mizuho | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2023-09-14 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2023-09-06 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-04-27 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-24 | B of A Securities | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-07 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2022-11-02 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-20 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Equal-Weight | Upgrade |
| 2022-10-12 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-09 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2022-08-02 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-18 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-18 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-24 | Janney Montgomery Scott | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2022-04-28 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-19 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-23 | HSBC | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2022-02-09 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-07 | UBS | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2022-01-19 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-07 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2022-01-05 | UBS | Neutral | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2021-12-08 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-12-01 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2021-11-04 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2021-09-27 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2021-09-01 | HSBC | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2021-08-06 | Argus Research | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2021-08-04 | Janney Montgomery Scott | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2021-07-15 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-05-25 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-05-12 | Argus Research | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2021-01-22 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-07 | Atlantic Equities | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2020-10-13 | Janney Capital | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2020-08-28 | HSBC | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2020-07-15 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2020-06-05 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-07 | CFRA | Sell | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-24 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2020-04-16 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-03-16 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-20 | Baird | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-20 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-04 | UBS | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2019-12-12 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2019-11-15 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2019-10-02 | Baird | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2019-08-14 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2019-07-15 | Bank of America | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2019-03-27 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2019-02-21 | Bank of America | Neutral | Neutral | Reiterate |
| 2019-02-21 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-12-12 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-12-12 | Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-12-06 | Baird | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2018-09-17 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2018-04-16 | Janney Capital | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-03-23 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-03-23 | HSBC | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-03-08 | UBS | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2018-02-26 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2018-02-22 | Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2018-02-22 | Bank of America | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2018-01-11 | Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2018-01-02 | Guggenheim | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2017-11-03 | Janney Capital | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2017-11-03 | Baird | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2017-04-26 | Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2017-03-15 | HSBC | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2016-12-20 | Janney Capital | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-11-09 | Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-10-14 | Baird | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2016-09-06 | Barclays | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-07-06 | Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-06-24 | Argus | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2016-06-24 | Argus Research | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2016-06-06 | Boenning & Scattergood | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-03-02 | Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-02-26 | Janney Capital | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-01-04 | Barclays | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-10-15 | Ladenburg Thalmann | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2015-06-29 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2015-03-25 | Janney Capital | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2014-12-01 | Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2014-11-07 | Brean Capital | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-20 | Maxim Group | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-20 | Macquarie | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2014-09-02 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2014-08-08 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-23 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-11 | Hilliard Lyons | Buy | Long-Term Buy | Downgrade |
| 2013-12-18 | Bank of America | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-09-12 | Ladenburg Thalmann | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2013-06-12 | HSBC | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2013-05-10 | Citigroup | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-05-09 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2013-03-07 | Citigroup | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2012-11-09 | Barclays | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2012-09-20 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2012-08-31 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-07 | Bank of America | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-03 | Hilliard Lyons | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-03 | Brean Capital | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-03 | Barclays | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-03 | Ladenburg Thalmann | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-05-03 | Brean Capital | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2025-03-13 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2025-07-11 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-09-20 | B of A Securities | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2024-09-19 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2025-02-20 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2025-05-02 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2025-05-02 | Evercore ISI Group | In-Line | In-Line | Maintains |
| 2024-07-31 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2025-04-11 | Seaport Global | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-07 | Jefferies | Underperform | Initiate | |
| 2025-04-24 | UBS | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2025-01-07 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Equal-Weight | Upgrade |
| 2025-01-28 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-11-19 | UBS | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2025-08-01 | Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-08-01 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-10-15 | Mizuho | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2025-08-12 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-04-22 | Barclays | Underweight | Initiate | |
| 2025-08-14 | Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-07-10 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
