AWK Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (American Water Works Company | NYSE:AWK)

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.

What symbol and exchange does American Water Works Company shares trade?

American Water Works Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol AWK.

What is American Water Works Company stock price doing today?

As of August 31, 2026, AWK stock price declined to $138.23 with 2,050,579 million shares trading.

What is American Water Works Company's Beta?

AWK has a beta of -0.69, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. AWK has a correlation of 0.17 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is American Water Works Company worth?

AWK has a market cap of $27.47 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

How much money does American Water Works Company make?

Last quarter American Water Works Company reported $1 billion in Revenue and $1.61 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $16 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.03.

What is the highest and lowest price American Water Works Company traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, AWK traded as high as $155.50 and as low as $113.34.

What are the top ETFs holding American Water Works Company?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that AWK belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, XLU, IVV.

Is American Water Works Company (AWK) a good investment?

AWK has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -0.9%, while SPY returned +19.4%. This shows that you would have done better investing in the overall market (through SPY) over the last year than in AWK shares. However, AWK has outperformed the market in the last 3 month and 2 week periods, returning +13.7% and +1.5%, while SPY returned +1.9% and -1.2%, respectively. This indicates AWK has been having a stronger performance recently.

What are the support and resistance levels for American Water Works Company (AWK)?

AWK support price is $136.09 and resistance is $140.51 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that AWK shares will trade within this expected range on the day.