Today’s Stock in Focus: American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)

The shares of American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) currently has mean rating of 2.33 while 2 analysts have recommended the shares as “BUY”, 6 recommended as “OUTPERFORM” and 7 recommended as “HOLD”. The rating score is on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for sell.

The company’s mean estimate for sales for the current quarter ending Jun 16 is 831.31M by 9 analysts. The means estimate of sales for the year ending Dec-16 is 3.34B by 13 analysts.

The mean price target for the shares of American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) is at 70.46 while the highest price target suggested by the analysts is 80.00 and low price target is 62.00. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 13 brokerage firms.

The average estimate of EPS for the current fiscal quarter for American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) stands at 0.73 while the EPS for the current year is fixed at 2.82 by 16 analysts.

The next one year’s EPS estimate is set at 3.04 by 14 analysts while a year ago the analysts suggested the company’s EPS at 2.82. The analysts also projected the company’s long-term growth at 7.59% for the upcoming five years.

In its latest quarter ended on 31^st March 2016, American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) reported earnings of $0.46. In the matter of earnings surprises, the term “Cockroach Effect” is often implied. Cockroach Effect is a market theory that suggests that when a company reveals bad news to the public, there may be many more related negative events that have yet to be revealed. In the case of earnings surprises, if a company is suggesting a negative earnings surprise it means there are more to come.

On June 9, 2016 California American Water announced three students across Southern California have been selected to receive Stream of Learning Scholarships, totaling $6,000. This is the first year California American Water has offered this program, which supports outstanding students within its service areas who are charting a course of study critical to the water and wastewater industry. California American Water, a subsidiary of American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK).

California American Water is proud to award each of the following students a $2,000 scholarship:

• Jessica Han, who plans to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study engineering.


• Natalie Ruckstuhl, who will attend the University of California at Davis and will focus on environmental science and management.


• Sarah Scott, who plans to attend the University of California at Davis and major in ecological management and restoration.