100,000 Shares in American Water Works Company, Inc. $AWK Acquired by Ghisallo Capital Management LLC

Ghisallo Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 100,000 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $13,919,000. Ghisallo Capital Management LLC owned about 0.05% of American Water Works at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of AWK. American National Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in American Water Works during the third quarter valued at $26,000. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in American Water Works during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. bought a new position in American Water Works in the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in American Water Works in the second quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Cloud Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of American Water Works during the 3rd quarter worth $29,000. Institutional investors own 86.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on AWK shares. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of American Water Works from $142.00 to $126.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of American Water Works in a report on Monday, December 29th. Barclays lowered their target price on American Water Works from $134.00 to $122.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. UBS Group set a $149.00 price target on American Water Works in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded American Water Works from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $117.00 to $139.00 in a research report on Monday, January 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $140.89.

American Water Works Price Performance

Shares of American Water Works stock opened at $139.67 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $27.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.55, a PEG ratio of 3.22 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a quick ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $131.17 and its 200-day simple moving average is $133.68. American Water Works Company, Inc. has a 52 week low of $121.28 and a 52 week high of $155.50.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The utilities provider reported $1.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.28 by ($0.04). American Water Works had a net margin of 21.61% and a return on equity of 10.38%. The business had revenue of $1.27 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.29 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.15 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. American Water Works has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.020-6.120 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that American Water Works Company, Inc. will post 5.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

American Water Works Profile

American Water Works Company, Inc (NYSE: AWK) is a publicly traded utility company that provides water and wastewater services in the United States. Its core business is the operation, management and maintenance of regulated water and wastewater systems that deliver potable water, collect and treat wastewater, and provide related customer services to residential, commercial and industrial customers as well as municipalities. The company’s operations include water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, meter reading and billing, emergency repairs, and long-term infrastructure planning and capital project execution.

In addition to its regulated utility operations, American Water offers complementary nonregulated services and solutions that support system reliability and customer needs.