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| Andrew Bischof |American Water Works has consistently increased earnings more than most regulated electric utilities even though core retail water use has steadily fallen as a result of efficiency savings.
NYSE: AWK
Last close prices updated as of
Feb 02, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
| USD | BATS BZX Real-Time Price
- Last Close 160.6
- Sector Utilities
- Industry Utilities - Regulated Water
- Investment Style Mid Blend
- Day Range 158.03 – 162.59
- Year Range 122.77 – 173.87
- Market Cap 29.2016 Bil
- Volume / Avg 925,470.0 / 784,426.7
- Price / Sales 7.67
- Price / Book 3.76
- Forward Div Yield 1.63%
- Trailing Div Yield 2.01%
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Company Profile AWK
Business Description
American Water Works is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility, serving approximately 3.5 million customers in 16 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's only nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts.
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FAQs for American Water Works Co Inc Stock
Yes. AWK has a forward dividend yield of 1.63%.
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AWK’s market cap is 29.20 Bil.
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AWK’s stock style is Mid Core.
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Style is calculated by combining value and growth scores, which are first individually calculated.
High-growth stocks tend to represent the technology, healthcare, and communications sectors. They rarely distribute dividends to shareholders, opting for reinvestment in their businesses. More value-oriented stocks tend to represent financial services, utilities, and energy stocks. These are established companies that reliably pay dividends.
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AWK’s price/sales is 7.67.
Price/sales represents the amount an investor is willing to pay for a dollar generated from
a particular company’s sales or revenues.
AWK’s price/forward earnings is 33.56.
Forward P/E gives some indication of how cheap or expensive a stock is compared with consensus earnings estimates.
The lower the Forward P/E, the cheaper the stock.
AWK’s price/book is 3.76.
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based on historical, rather than current, valuations. Historical valuations generally do not reflect
a company’s current market value. Value investors frequently look for companies that have low price/book ratios.
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AWK’s beta can be found in Trading Information at the top of this page.
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