American Water Works is an utilities - regulated water business based in the US. American Water Works shares (AWK.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $128.75 ā an increase of 2.22% over the previous day. American Water Works employs 6,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $4.3 billion.
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Over the last 12 months, American Water Works's shares have ranged in value from as little as $112.9436 up to $148.7655. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while American Water Works's is 0.624. This would suggest that American Water Works's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $128.75
| 1 week (2024-04-25) | 6.60% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-04-03) | 6.95% |
| 3 months (2024-02-01) | 4.37% |
| 6 months (2023-11-02) | -0.99% |
| 1 year (2023-05-03) | -12.90% |
| 2 years (2022-04-27) | -19.87% |
| 3 years (2021-05-03) | -17.09% |
| 5 years (2019-05-02) | 19.90% |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the American Water Works P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
American Water Works's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 25x. In other words, American Water Works stocks trade at around 25x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
American Water Works's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth ā to give 2.9194. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into American Water Works's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.
American Water Works's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $2.3 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a American Water Works's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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