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 140.75, with a low estimate of 124 and a high estimate of 164. The average target predicts an increase of 11.41% from the current stock price of 126.33.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$124	$140.75	$140	$164
Change	-1.84%	+11.41%	+10.82%	+29.82%

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	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25
Strong Buy	1	1	0	1	1	1
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	2	2	3	3	3	4
Sell	1	2	3	3	3	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	6	7	8	8	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jonathan Reeder Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell → Hold Upgrades $133 → $129	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$133 → $129	+2.11%	Jan 7, 2025
Gregg Orrill UBS	UBS	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $151 → $155	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$151 → $155	+22.69%	Nov 19, 2024
Anthony Crowdell Mizuho	Mizuho	Buy → Hold Downgrades $131 → $140	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$131 → $140	+10.82%	Oct 15, 2024
Julien Dumoulin-Smith Jefferies	Jefferies	Sell Initiates $124	Sell	Initiates	$124	-1.84%	Oct 7, 2024
Ross Fowler B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Sell Initiates $140	Sell	Initiates	$140	+10.82%	Sep 20, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

4.61B

Increased by 8.86%

from 4.23B

Revenue Next Year

4.88B

Increased by 5.90%

from 4.61B

EPS This Year

5.32

Increased by 8.80%

from 4.89

EPS Next Year

5.76

Increased by 8.29%

from 5.32

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	3.61B	3.78B	3.93B	3.79B	4.23B	4.61B	4.88B	5.22B
Revenue Growth	4.94%	4.63%	4.05%	-3.51%	11.66%	8.86%	5.90%	6.99%
EPS	3.43	3.91	6.94	4.51	4.89	5.32	5.76	6.21
EPS Growth	8.89%	13.99%	77.48%	-35.08%	8.56%	8.80%	8.29%	7.68%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	23.74	21.92	20.36
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	14

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	4.9B	5.3B	5.7B
Avg	4.6B	4.9B	5.2B
Low	4.4B	4.4B	4.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	15.3%	14.3%	16.6%
Avg	8.9%	5.9%	7.0%
Low	4.2%	-3.8%	-2.9%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	5.62	6.04	6.58
Avg	5.32	5.76	6.21
Low	5.10	5.55	5.98

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	14.8%	13.5%	14.2%
Avg	8.8%	8.3%	7.7%
Low	4.2%	4.2%	3.7%

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.