American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) Shares Bought by Boston Trust Walden Corp

Boston Trust Walden Corp grew its holdings in shares of American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWKFree Report) by 14.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 42,683 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 5,532 shares during the quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp’s holdings in American Water Works were worth $5,314,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Crews Bank & Trust acquired a new position in American Water Works during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of American Water Works by 155.6% during the third quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 299 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares during the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new position in American Water Works in the third quarter worth about $51,000. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in American Water Works by 31.7% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 370 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton raised its stake in American Water Works by 29.0% during the fourth quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton now owns 400 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $50,000 after buying an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.58% of the company’s stock.

American Water Works Trading Down 1.6 %

American Water Works stock opened at $123.80 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $127.07 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $136.29. American Water Works Company, Inc. has a 52-week low of $113.34 and a 52-week high of $150.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.51, a PEG ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21.

American Water Works Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be issued a $0.765 dividend. This represents a $3.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. American Water Works’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 60.59%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded American Water Works from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $133.00 to $129.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. UBS Group upgraded shares of American Water Works from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $151.00 to $155.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Mizuho downgraded shares of American Water Works from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $131.00 to $140.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of American Water Works from $147.00 to $128.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, American Water Works has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $139.38.

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American Water Works Company, Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states serving approximately 3.5 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems.

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