American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)

AWK Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 9 professional analysts, the 12-month price target for AWK stock ranges from a low of $124 to a high of $160. The average analyst price target of $142.78 forecasts a 4.71% increase in the stock price over the next year.

Price Target: $142.78 (+4.71%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$124	$142.78	$148	$160
Change	-9.06%	+4.71%	+8.54%	+17.34%

* Price targets were last updated on Aug 14, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for AWK stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	2	2
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	0
Hold	5	6	6	5	5	5
Sell	3	3	3	3	3	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	10	11	11	10	11	9

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
John Eade Argus Research	Argus Research	Strong Buy Maintains $155 → $160	Strong Buy	Maintains	$155 → $160	+17.34%	Aug 14, 2025
Gregg Orrill UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $156 → $151	Hold	Maintains	$156 → $151	+10.74%	Aug 12, 2025
Anthony Crowdell Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Maintains $148 → $149	Hold	Maintains	$148 → $149	+9.27%	Aug 1, 2025
Jonathan Reeder Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $147 → $141	Hold	Maintains	$147 → $141	+3.40%	Aug 1, 2025
Gregg Orrill UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $154 → $156	Hold	Maintains	$154 → $156	+14.40%	Jul 11, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

5.02B

Increased by 7.22%

from 4.68B

Revenue Next Year

5.33B

Increased by 6.07%

from 5.02B

EPS This Year

5.77

Increased by 7.07%

from 5.39

EPS Next Year

6.17

Increased by 6.96%

from 5.77

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	3.78B	3.93B	3.79B	4.23B	4.68B	5.02B	5.33B
Revenue Growth	4.63%	4.05%	-3.51%	11.66%	10.63%	7.22%	6.07%
EPS	3.91	6.94	4.51	4.89	5.39	5.77	6.17
EPS Growth	13.99%	77.48%	-35.08%	8.56%	10.19%	7.07%	6.96%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	23.63	22.09
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	14	15

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	5.4B	5.9B
Avg	5.0B	5.3B
Low	4.6B	4.8B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	15.3%	17.9%
Avg	7.2%	6.1%
Low	-1.3%	-3.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	6.04	6.46
Avg	5.77	6.17
Low	5.54	5.86

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	12.0%	11.9%
Avg	7.1%	7.0%
Low	2.7%	1.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.