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American Water Works Company, Inc.

Utilities · Regulated Water

$133.04

Up+$1.90 (+1.43%)

Updated Oct 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

SID Score

6.0/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

48/100

Neutral

Market cap
25.38B
P/E ratio
22.81
Dividend yield
3.06%
52-week range
$120.57 – $142.37
Volume
3.07M
Avg. volume
1.76M

Price performance · AWK

AWK price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 15, 2026

AWK closed at $133.04 after 21 trading sessions, down 3.76% for the selected period.

Last close
$133.04
Period change
-3.76%
Period low
$127.38
Period high
$138.24
Daily close
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AWK OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 15, 2026$134.34$135.61$132.53$133.043.07M
Oct 14, 2026$129.91$132.65$129.315$131.711.87M
Oct 13, 2026$130.29$130.72$128.23$130.051.82M
Oct 12, 2026$129.07$129.58$127.94$129.551.33M
Oct 9, 2026$127.99$129.495$127.3101$128.881.13M
Oct 8, 2026$127.61$128.81$126.34$128.182.12M
Oct 7, 2026$128.09$128.765$126.505$127.382.35M
Oct 6, 2026$128.07$128.99$127.02$128.042.07M
Oct 5, 2026$130.38$130.895$127.28$127.841.82M
Oct 2, 2026$128.89$130.375$128.21$130.252.15M
Oct 1, 2026$129.06$129.07$126.35$127.862.42M
Sep 30, 2026$130.48$131.51$129.44$129.471.69M
Sep 29, 2026$127.83$130.52$127.325$129.801.6M
Sep 28, 2026$130.44$131.05$128.47$128.931.74M
Sep 25, 2026$131.60$131.715$129.80$130.911.23M
Sep 24, 2026$133.84$134.7499$131.40$131.531.29M
Sep 23, 2026$133.28$134.32$132.07$133.062.12M
Sep 22, 2026$134.06$135.075$133.515$133.822.07M
Sep 21, 2026$135.31$136.03$133.73$133.971.44M
Sep 18, 2026$136.85$137.3199$135.44$135.903.58M
Sep 17, 2026$138.10$138.54$136.29$138.241.96M

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Company profile

American Water Works is the largest investor-owned US water and wastewater utility, serving nearly 4 million customers in 14 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts with regulated-like returns. The proposed Essential Utilities acquisition would add regulated water and wastewater utilities in Ohio, North Carolina, and Texas while increasing its presence in Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia.

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Average target
$140.33
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AWK recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Sep 10, 2026UBSBuy—
Aug 4, 2026Truist SecuritiesHold—
Jul 31, 2026MizuhoNeutral—
Jul 15, 2026BarclaysUnderweight—
Jul 8, 2026JP MorganNeutral—
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Yahoo · Oct 9, 2026

Kentucky American Water Completes Acquisition of Black Mountain Utility District System

Kentucky American Water today completed the acquisition of the Black Mountain Utility District water system and wastewater service in Harlan County for $1.4 million. The newly acquired system serves over 4,300 water customer connections and six wastewater customer connections. The water service acquisition was approved by the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) on July 10, 2026, and the wastewater service acquisition was approved on September 21, 2026, both reflecting Kentucky American Wate

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