43/100BAmerican Water Works Company stock forecast 2026–2030
Analysts' average 12-month price target for American Water Works Company is 142.00, 5.5% below the current price of 150.29. Their targets range from 127.00 to 153.00.
Of the 7 firms that rated American Water Works Company in the past 12 months, 0 rate it buy or strong buy, 6 hold and 1 sell or strong sell (each firm at its latest rating): a Hold consensus.
Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 127.00 to 153.00, with an average of 142.00.
| Strong buy | 0 | |
| Buy | 0 | |
| Hold | 6 | |
| Sell | 1 | |
| Strong sell | 0 |
12-month price target
| Highest target | 153.00 |
| Average target | 142.00 |
| Lowest target | 127.00 |
| Current price | 150.29 |
American Water Works Company price target history
Have analysts recently raised or lowered their American Water Works Company price target and rating?
How analysts rate American Water Works Company, month by month
0 of 7 firms rate it buy now, against 2 of 9 in December 2025.
Each month: every firm at its latest rating from the 12 months before. Strong buys count as buys, strong sells as sells.
American Water Works Company analyst upgrades, downgrades and price targets
The latest rating change came on 6 November 2026, when UBS downgraded American Water Works Company from Buy to Neutral. The most recent new target came from Mizuho Securities on 30 October 2026: 149.00.
| Date | Firm | Rating | Price target | Change | Price then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | UBS | Downgraded · Buy → Neutral | — | — | — |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Mizuho Securities Anthony Crowdell | — | 149.00 | — | 142.21 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Barclays | Reiterated · Underweight | 130.00 → 127.00 | -2.3% | 134.94 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | UBS | Reiterated · Buy | 162.00 → 153.00 | -5.6% | 133.04 |
| 10 Sept 2026 | UBS Gregg Orrill | Reiterated · Buy | 150.00 → 162.00 | +8.0% | 140.33 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | Truist Financial | Reiterated · Hold | 139.00 | — | 131.30 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Barclays | Reiterated · Underweight | 124.00 → 130.00 | +4.8% | 131.57 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | UBS Gregg Orrill | Reiterated · Buy | 140.00 → 150.00 | +7.1% | 131.79 |
| 29 May 2026 | UBS | Upgraded · Neutral → Buy | 137.00 → 140.00 | +2.2% | 122.35 |
| 7 May 2026 | UBS | Reiterated · Neutral | 149.00 → 137.00 | -8.1% | 125.56 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Wells Fargo | — | 142.00 → 131.00 | -7.7% | 133.25 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Barclays Nicholas Campanella | — | 122.00 → 124.00 | +1.6% | 131.61 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | B of A Securities | Upgraded · Underperform → Neutral | — | — | — |
| 17 Dec 2025 | UBS Gregg Orrill | — | 149.00 | — | 133.04 |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Barclays Nicholas Campanella | Reiterated · Underweight | 134.00 → 122.00 | -9.0% | 132.72 |
American Water Works Company EPS and revenue estimates
Analysts expect American Water Works Company's EPS to grow 7.7% a year until 2028, about as fast as over the last 5 years (7.9% a year) and the last 3 years (8.1%).
Analysts expect American Water Works Company's revenue to grow 6.9% a year until 2028. Over the last 5 years it grew 6.4% a year, and over the last 3 years 10.7%.
Revenue
EPS
Does American Water Works Company beat earnings estimates?
On average, analysts' EPS estimate was 4.6% off the result, either way, and their revenue estimate 4.7%, over the last 12 quarters.
- EPS beats
- 35 / 74
- Revenue beats
- 48 / 74
- Average EPS surprise, last 12
- -0.0%
- Since
- August 2008
| Quarter | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY2026 | 28 Oct 2026 | 2.04 | 2.00 | -2.0% | 1.58B | 1.51B | -4.5% |
| Q2 FY2026 | 29 Jul 2026 | 1.53 | 1.61 | +5.2% | 1.33B | 1.36B | +2.2% |
| Q1 FY2026 | 29 Apr 2026 | 1.09 | 1.01 | -7.3% | 1.17B | 1.21B | +3.1% |
| Q4 FY2025 | 18 Feb 2026 | 1.26 | 1.24 | -1.6% | 1.29B | 1.27B | -1.3% |
| Q3 FY2025 | 29 Oct 2025 | 1.88 | 1.94 | +3.2% | 1.33B | 1.45B | +9.4% |
| Q2 FY2025 | 30 Jul 2025 | 1.52 | 1.48 | -2.6% | 1.22B | 1.28B | +4.8% |
| Q1 FY2025 | 30 Apr 2025 | 1.06 | 1.05 | -0.9% | 1.09B | 1.14B | +4.5% |
| Q4 FY2024 | 19 Feb 2025 | 1.13 | 1.22 | +8.0% | 1.11B | 1.20B | +8.1% |
| Q3 FY2024 | 30 Oct 2024 | 1.84 | 1.77 | -3.8% | 1.23B | 1.32B | +7.7% |
| Q2 FY2024 | 31 Jul 2024 | 1.46 | 1.40 | -4.1% | 1.10B | 1.15B | +4.1% |
| Q1 FY2024 | 1 May 2024 | 0.98 | 0.93 | -5.1% | 962.30M | 1.01B | +5.1% |
| Q4 FY2023 | 14 Feb 2024 | 0.83 | 0.92 | +10.8% | 1.02B | 1.03B | +1.2% |
American Water Works Company stock price 2026–2030: scenarios
If American Water Works Company's earnings keep growing at the 7.7% a year analysts expect to FY2028, it would earn about 8.26 a share in FY2030. At the P/E it has traded at over the last five years (22.9 to 33.8) that is 189.01 to 279.01 a share, or 221.24 at its average P/E of 26.8. This is arithmetic on the analysts' estimates, not a prediction.
| Fiscal year | EPS | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 6.07 | 139.02 | 162.73 | 205.22 |
| FY2027 | 6.59 | 150.85 | 176.57 | 222.68 |
| FY2028 | 7.12 | 163.09 | 190.90 | 240.75 |
| FY2029 (extrapolated) | 7.67 | 175.57 | 205.51 | 259.17 |
| FY2030 (extrapolated) | 8.26 | 189.01 | 221.24 | 279.01 |
Each year's EPS is the analysts' consensus to FY2028; the years after continue its 7.7% a year. Bear, base and bull apply the lowest, average and highest P/E of the last five fiscal year ends (22.9, 26.8, 33.8).
Is American Water Works Company stock undervalued or overvalued?
American Water Works Company's P/E of 26.0 is above the middle of its 5-year range (17.6 to 43.8, median 24.8). Analysts do not expect faster growth than in recent years, so it is expensive compared with its own history. Buyers pay about the usual price for each point of growth: a PEG of 3.4 on expected growth against 3.1 on its median P/E and past five years' growth. At its usual P/E (24.8 × EPS of 5.78), American Water Works Company's fair value is 143.55, close to the price of 150.29. Its forward P/E, on the consensus for FY2026, is 24.8.
Fair value is the usual (median) P/E of the last five years times the earnings per share of the last twelve months; the ends of the bar are the same earnings at its lowest and highest P/E of those years (17.6 and 43.8). The price against its P/E range
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)
- 26.00
- Five-year median P/E
- 24.84
- Five-year P/E range
- 17.6 – 43.8
- Forward P/E (FY2026)
- 24.75
- PEG ratio
- 3.40
- To the average target
- -5.5%
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