AWK · Utilities
What a holder would want to know before buying AWK: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 6% above the lowest point of the past year and 11% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 25% of days and more expensive on 75%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 46% of days.
2% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 40%; the longest took 8 months to get back to its peak. 2 of 3 have recovered so far.
It is in one now: 32% below the Dec 2021 peak.
American Water Works Company, Inc. · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water · a large company worth $25.61B
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…
revenue profit
Sales of $5.14B in 2025, with $1.11B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 21 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Free cash flow is negative: the business spends more cash than it brings in, with $227.00M in the bank.
You pay $22 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $20 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 2.79% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 11.
13 analysts: 3 say buy, 9 hold, 1 sell. Their average 12-month target is $141.45 (range $128.00–$162.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 6 months.
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