American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)

AWK Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for AWK stock have an average target of 141.5, with a low estimate of 124 and a high estimate of 164. The average target predicts a decrease of -3.24% from the current stock price of 146.24.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$124	$141.5	$140	$164
Change	-15.21%	-3.24%	-4.27%	+12.14%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for AWK stock from 8 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	0	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	3	3	3	5	4	4
Sell	3	3	3	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	8	8	9	8	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jonathan Reeder Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $133 → $142	Hold	Maintains	$133 → $142	-2.90%	Mar 13, 2025
Jonathan Reeder Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $129 → $133	Hold	Maintains	$129 → $133	-9.05%	Feb 20, 2025
Richard Sunderland JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $147 → $128	Hold	Maintains	$147 → $128	-12.47%	Jan 28, 2025
Jonathan Reeder Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell → Hold Upgrades $133 → $129	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$133 → $129	-11.79%	Jan 7, 2025
Gregg Orrill UBS	UBS	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $151 → $155	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$151 → $155	+5.99%	Nov 19, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

4.98B

Increased by 6.40%

from 4.68B

Revenue Next Year

5.30B

Increased by 6.40%

from 4.98B

EPS This Year

5.76

Increased by 6.95%

from 5.39

EPS Next Year

6.22

Increased by 7.95%

from 5.76

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	3.78B	3.93B	3.79B	4.23B	4.68B	4.98B	5.30B	5.73B
Revenue Growth	4.63%	4.05%	-3.51%	11.66%	10.63%	6.40%	6.40%	8.03%
EPS	3.91	6.94	4.51	4.89	5.39	5.76	6.22	6.64
EPS Growth	13.99%	77.48%	-35.08%	8.56%	10.19%	6.95%	7.95%	6.63%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	25.37	23.50	22.04
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	11

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	5.3B	5.7B	6.1B
Avg	5.0B	5.3B	5.7B
Low	4.7B	5.0B	5.4B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	12.8%	13.7%	14.7%
Avg	6.4%	6.4%	8.0%
Low	0.2%	-0.5%	0.9%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	6.04	6.58	7.10
Avg	5.76	6.22	6.64
Low	5.57	6.00	6.30

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	12.0%	14.2%	14.1%
Avg	7.0%	8.0%	6.6%
Low	3.3%	4.0%	1.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.