With 1.83 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.23 million shares. The 52-week range on AWK shows that it touched its highest point at $150.68 and its lowest point at $113.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $135.67. With its current market cap of 25.08 billion, AWK has annualized dividend of $3.06 while the current yield stands at 2.38%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.70.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AWK was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.92%, but this was up by 1.85% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.14% while six-month performance fell -9.11%. The stock gained 4.76% in the past year, while it has gained 3.36% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AWK yields 5.04 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.14. For the next quarter, that number is 1.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.98% for this year and 7.46% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.28% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 9.20%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 194.89 million AWK shares are outstanding with a float of 194.38 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AWK since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $5.34117 being high and $5.25115 being low. For AWK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.29116. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.55 and the low estimate is $1.53. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.54.
