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AWK Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Last price:

$127.96

Seasonality move :

3.23%

Day range:

$127.57 - $129.92

52-week range:

$118.74 - $155.50

Dividend yield:

2.54%

P/E ratio:

22.44x

P/S ratio:

4.92x

P/B ratio:

2.29x

Volume:

1.5M

Avg. volume:

1.7M

1-year change:

4.38%

Market cap:

$25B

Revenue:

$4.7B

EPS (TTM):

$5.70

Price Performance History

Performance vs. Valuation Benchmarks

Competitors

Company	Revenue Forecast	Earnings Forecast	Revenue Growth Forecast	Earnings Growth Forecast	Analyst Price Target Median
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	$1.2B	$1.13	1.44%	3.66%	$141.00
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp.	$27M	--	4.28%	--	$46.00
AWR American States Water Co.	$152M	$0.72	-5.66%	-8.7%	$81.50
CDZI Cadiz, Inc.	$3.9M	$0.54	-17.9%	-24.05%	$12.50
CWT California Water Service Group	$210M	$0.23	6.8%	9.03%	$55.25
WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.	$751M	$1.00	1.19%	-41.07%	$43.00

Company	Price	Analyst Target	Market Cap	P/E Ratio	Dividend per Share	Dividend Yield	Price / LTM Sales
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	$127.98	$141.00	$25B	22.44x	$0.83	2.54%	4.92x
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp.	$32.07	$46.00	$330.7M	14.67x	$0.31	3.84%	2.96x
AWR American States Water Co.	$73.20	$81.50	$2.8B	21.69x	$0.50	2.65%	4.42x
CDZI Cadiz, Inc.	$5.77	$12.50	$479.5M	--	$0.00	0%	28.32x
CWT California Water Service Group	$43.61	$55.25	$2.6B	19.06x	$0.30	2.75%	2.59x
WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.	$38.32	$43.00	$10.8B	15.89x	$0.34	3.49%	4.48x

Company	Total Debt / Total Capital	Beta	Debt to Equity	Quick Ratio
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	58.5%	-1.085	56.61%	0.33x
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp.	41.65%	-0.760	52.84%	0.41x
AWR American States Water Co.	47.73%	-0.657	32.47%	0.66x
CDZI Cadiz, Inc.	76.59%	3.333	23.76%	0.87x
CWT California Water Service Group	47.22%	-0.956	55.58%	0.37x
WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.	53.83%	-0.871	70.39%	0.34x

Company	Gross Profit	Operating Income	Return on Invested Capital	Return on Common Equity	EBIT Margin	Free Cash Flow
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	$702M	$615M	4.44%	10.53%	42.39%	-$41M
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp.	$12.3M	$11.1M	5.33%	9.29%	36.38%	-$3.3M
AWR American States Water Co.	$94.9M	$61.7M	6.86%	13.68%	33.79%	$37.7M
CDZI Cadiz, Inc.	$830K	-$4.9M	-27.63%	-101.92%	-118%	-$7.5M
CWT California Water Service Group	$129.1M	$81.3M	4.39%	8.22%	26.11%	$32.1M
WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.	$194.3M	$169.8M	4.7%	10.32%	35.59%	-$174.4M

American Water Works Co., Inc. vs. Competitors

Which has Higher Returns AWK or ARTNA?

Artesian Resources Corp. has a net margin of 26.12% compared to American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net margin of 22.83%. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 10.53% beat Artesian Resources Corp.'s return on equity of 9.29%.

Company	Gross Margin	Earnings Per Share	Invested Capital
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	48.38%	$1.94	$26.3B
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp.	40.33%	$0.68	$426.5M

What do Analysts Say About AWK or ARTNA?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $141.00, signalling upside risk potential of 10.17%. On the other hand Artesian Resources Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $46.00 which suggests that it could grow by 43.44%. Given that Artesian Resources Corp. has higher upside potential than American Water Works Co., Inc., analysts believe Artesian Resources Corp. is more attractive than American Water Works Co., Inc..

Company	Buy Ratings	Hold Ratings	Sell Ratings
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	3	8	0
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp.	1	0	0

Is AWK or ARTNA More Risky?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.761, which suggesting that the stock is 23.897% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Artesian Resources Corp. has a beta of 0.332, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 66.775%.
Which is a Better Dividend Stock AWK or ARTNA?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.54%. Artesian Resources Corp. offers a yield of 3.84% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share. American Water Works Co., Inc. pays 56.78% of its earnings as a dividend. Artesian Resources Corp. pays out 59.68% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Which has Better Financial Ratios AWK or ARTNA?

American Water Works Co., Inc. quarterly revenues are $1.5B, which are larger than Artesian Resources Corp. quarterly revenues of $30.5M. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net income of $379M is higher than Artesian Resources Corp.'s net income of $7M. Notably, American Water Works Co., Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 22.44x while Artesian Resources Corp.'s PE ratio is 14.67x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American Water Works Co., Inc. is 4.92x versus 2.96x for Artesian Resources Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Company	Price/Sales Ratio	Price/Earnings Ratio	Quarterly Revenue	Quarterly Net Income
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	4.92x	22.44x	$1.5B	$379M
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp.	2.96x	14.67x	$30.5M	$7M

Which has Higher Returns AWK or AWR?

American States Water Co. has a net margin of 26.12% compared to American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net margin of 22.44%. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 10.53% beat American States Water Co.'s return on equity of 13.68%.

Company	Gross Margin	Earnings Per Share	Invested Capital
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	48.38%	$1.94	$26.3B
AWR American States Water Co.	51.95%	$1.06	$1.9B

What do Analysts Say About AWK or AWR?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $141.00, signalling upside risk potential of 10.17%. On the other hand American States Water Co. has an analysts' consensus of $81.50 which suggests that it could grow by 10.66%. Given that American States Water Co. has higher upside potential than American Water Works Co., Inc., analysts believe American States Water Co. is more attractive than American Water Works Co., Inc..

Company	Buy Ratings	Hold Ratings	Sell Ratings
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	3	8	0
AWR American States Water Co.	1	1	0

Is AWK or AWR More Risky?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.761, which suggesting that the stock is 23.897% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American States Water Co. has a beta of 0.689, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 31.112%.
Which is a Better Dividend Stock AWK or AWR?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.54%. American States Water Co. offers a yield of 2.65% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share. American Water Works Co., Inc. pays 56.78% of its earnings as a dividend. American States Water Co. pays out 56.55% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Which has Better Financial Ratios AWK or AWR?

American Water Works Co., Inc. quarterly revenues are $1.5B, which are larger than American States Water Co. quarterly revenues of $182.7M. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net income of $379M is higher than American States Water Co.'s net income of $41M. Notably, American Water Works Co., Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 22.44x while American States Water Co.'s PE ratio is 21.69x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American Water Works Co., Inc. is 4.92x versus 4.42x for American States Water Co.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Company	Price/Sales Ratio	Price/Earnings Ratio	Quarterly Revenue	Quarterly Net Income
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	4.92x	22.44x	$1.5B	$379M
AWR American States Water Co.	4.42x	21.69x	$182.7M	$41M

Which has Higher Returns AWK or CDZI?

Cadiz, Inc. has a net margin of 26.12% compared to American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net margin of -170.45%. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 10.53% beat Cadiz, Inc.'s return on equity of -101.92%.

Company	Gross Margin	Earnings Per Share	Invested Capital
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	48.38%	$1.94	$26.3B
CDZI Cadiz, Inc.	20.01%	-$0.10	$118.5M

What do Analysts Say About AWK or CDZI?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $141.00, signalling upside risk potential of 10.17%. On the other hand Cadiz, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $12.50 which suggests that it could grow by 116.64%. Given that Cadiz, Inc. has higher upside potential than American Water Works Co., Inc., analysts believe Cadiz, Inc. is more attractive than American Water Works Co., Inc..

Company	Buy Ratings	Hold Ratings	Sell Ratings
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	3	8	0
CDZI Cadiz, Inc.	2	0	0

Is AWK or CDZI More Risky?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.761, which suggesting that the stock is 23.897% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Cadiz, Inc. has a beta of 2.019, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 101.879%.
Which is a Better Dividend Stock AWK or CDZI?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.54%. Cadiz, Inc. offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. American Water Works Co., Inc. pays 56.78% of its earnings as a dividend. Cadiz, Inc. pays out 16.4% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Which has Better Financial Ratios AWK or CDZI?

American Water Works Co., Inc. quarterly revenues are $1.5B, which are larger than Cadiz, Inc. quarterly revenues of $4.1M. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net income of $379M is higher than Cadiz, Inc.'s net income of -$7.1M. Notably, American Water Works Co., Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 22.44x while Cadiz, Inc.'s PE ratio is --. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American Water Works Co., Inc. is 4.92x versus 28.32x for Cadiz, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Company	Price/Sales Ratio	Price/Earnings Ratio	Quarterly Revenue	Quarterly Net Income
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	4.92x	22.44x	$1.5B	$379M
CDZI Cadiz, Inc.	28.32x	--	$4.1M	-$7.1M

Which has Higher Returns AWK or CWT?

California Water Service Group has a net margin of 26.12% compared to American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net margin of 19.64%. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 10.53% beat California Water Service Group's return on equity of 8.22%.

Company	Gross Margin	Earnings Per Share	Invested Capital
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	48.38%	$1.94	$26.3B
CWT California Water Service Group	41.5%	$1.03	$3.2B

What do Analysts Say About AWK or CWT?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $141.00, signalling upside risk potential of 10.17%. On the other hand California Water Service Group has an analysts' consensus of $55.25 which suggests that it could grow by 21.53%. Given that California Water Service Group has higher upside potential than American Water Works Co., Inc., analysts believe California Water Service Group is more attractive than American Water Works Co., Inc..

Company	Buy Ratings	Hold Ratings	Sell Ratings
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	3	8	0
CWT California Water Service Group	4	0	0

Is AWK or CWT More Risky?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.761, which suggesting that the stock is 23.897% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.637, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 36.293%.
Which is a Better Dividend Stock AWK or CWT?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.54%. California Water Service Group offers a yield of 2.75% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share. American Water Works Co., Inc. pays 56.78% of its earnings as a dividend. California Water Service Group pays out 34.43% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Which has Better Financial Ratios AWK or CWT?

American Water Works Co., Inc. quarterly revenues are $1.5B, which are larger than California Water Service Group quarterly revenues of $311.2M. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net income of $379M is higher than California Water Service Group's net income of $61.1M. Notably, American Water Works Co., Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 22.44x while California Water Service Group's PE ratio is 19.06x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American Water Works Co., Inc. is 4.92x versus 2.59x for California Water Service Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Company	Price/Sales Ratio	Price/Earnings Ratio	Quarterly Revenue	Quarterly Net Income
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	4.92x	22.44x	$1.5B	$379M
CWT California Water Service Group	2.59x	19.06x	$311.2M	$61.1M

Which has Higher Returns AWK or WTRG?

Essential Utilities, Inc. has a net margin of 26.12% compared to American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net margin of 19.31%. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 10.53% beat Essential Utilities, Inc.'s return on equity of 10.32%.

Company	Gross Margin	Earnings Per Share	Invested Capital
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	48.38%	$1.94	$26.3B
WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.	40.74%	$0.33	$14.8B

What do Analysts Say About AWK or WTRG?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $141.00, signalling upside risk potential of 10.17%. On the other hand Essential Utilities, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $43.00 which suggests that it could grow by 12.21%. Given that Essential Utilities, Inc. has higher upside potential than American Water Works Co., Inc., analysts believe Essential Utilities, Inc. is more attractive than American Water Works Co., Inc..

Company	Buy Ratings	Hold Ratings	Sell Ratings
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	3	8	0
WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.	2	5	0

Is AWK or WTRG More Risky?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.761, which suggesting that the stock is 23.897% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Essential Utilities, Inc. has a beta of 0.813, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 18.744%.
Which is a Better Dividend Stock AWK or WTRG?

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.54%. Essential Utilities, Inc. offers a yield of 3.49% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share. American Water Works Co., Inc. pays 56.78% of its earnings as a dividend. Essential Utilities, Inc. pays out 58.32% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Which has Better Financial Ratios AWK or WTRG?

American Water Works Co., Inc. quarterly revenues are $1.5B, which are larger than Essential Utilities, Inc. quarterly revenues of $477M. American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net income of $379M is higher than Essential Utilities, Inc.'s net income of $92.1M. Notably, American Water Works Co., Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 22.44x while Essential Utilities, Inc.'s PE ratio is 15.89x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American Water Works Co., Inc. is 4.92x versus 4.48x for Essential Utilities, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Company	Price/Sales Ratio	Price/Earnings Ratio	Quarterly Revenue	Quarterly Net Income
AWK American Water Works Co., Inc.	4.92x	22.44x	$1.5B	$379M
WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.	4.48x	15.89x	$477M	$92.1M

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Financial Ratios

AWK

Sector

P/E ratio

22.44x

15.81x

PEG ratio

1.71x

0.26x

P/B ratio

2.29x

1.49x

Price / LTM sales

4.92x

1.57x

Growth Metrics

AWK

Sector

Revenue growth

9.68%

4.59%

Earnings growth

8.29%

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Revenue (5-year growth)

5.35%

4.55%

Earnings forecast

$1.13

$0.52

Profitability

AWK

Sector

Profitability FY 2024

$2B

$726M

Return on invested capital

4.44%

3.44%

Return on assets

3.32%

2.59%

Return on equity

10.53%

8.26%

Earnings Date

Last Earnings Date

Oct

29

Next Earnings Date

Feb

18

Estimated Next Earnings Date

Jan

28

Balance Sheet

AWK

Sector

Total cash

$256M

$337.4M

Short term investments

--

$79M

Total assets

$33.9B

$9.3B

Long term debt

$14.4B

$1.2B

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