American Water Works Company (AWK):
In Monday negotiation session American Water Works Company (AWK) the shares ended trading at $ 90.77, marking a variation of 0.83%. The recent trading activity revealed that the share price fell 19.37% from its minimum of 52 weeks and traded with a variation of -5.55% compared to the maximum published in the last period of 52 weeks. The Company has maintained 179.66 million mobile shares and holds 190.81 million outstanding shares.
The earnings per share of the company shows a growth of 17.70% for the current year and is expected to reach a growth in profits for the next year at 8.20%. The analyst predicted growth of ESP for the next 5 years to 8.20%. The EPS growth rate of the company for the last five years was 7.90%. The rate of earnings growth for the next few years is an important measure for investors wishing to hold a stock for several years. The company's earnings usually have a direct relationship with the price of the company's shares. The stock recorded a 3.30% sales growth over the last 5 years. The quarter of EPS growth in the quarter was -9.90% and the quarter of sales growth in the quarter was 4.30%.
The share price has moved -5.55% from the 50 day maximum and 5.68% from the 50 day minimum. Analyze the consensus score of 2.1. For the next one-year period, the average of individual target price estimates reported by sell-side analysts is $ 99.
As there was a brief look at the profitability, the profit margin of the company which was recorded at 13.30% and the operating margin was found at 33.10%. The company maintained a gross margin of 57.40%. The institutional ownership of the company is 87.20% while the insider's property is 0.10%. The company maintained the return on investment (ROI) at 6.70% in the previous 12 months and was able to maintain the return on invested capital (ROA) at 2.20% in the last twelve months. Return on equity (ROE) recorded at 8.10%.
American Water Works Company (AWK) the recent trading volume of the shares is equal to 585791 shares compared to the average volume of 985.94 thousand shares. The relative volume observed at 0.59.
The volume can help determine the state of health of an existing trend. A healthy trend should have a greater volume on the ascending legs of the trend and a lower volume on the descending (corrective) legs. A healthy downtrend usually has a greater volume on the descending legs of the tendency and a lower volume on the ascending (corrective) legs.
The current ratio of 0.5 is mainly used to give an idea of the ability of a company to repay its liabilities (debt and debts) with its assets (cash, negotiable securities, inventory, receivables). As such, the current relationship can be used to make a rough estimate of a company's financial health. The quick ratio of 0.4 is a measure of a company's ability to meet its short-term financial liabilities with fast assets (cash and cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities and credits). The greater the relationship, the greater the financial security of a company in the short term. A common rule of thumb is that companies with a rapid ratio above 1.0 are sufficiently able to meet their short-term liabilities.
The long-term debt / equity shows a value of 1.29 with a total debt / equity of 1.43. It provides investors with the idea of the company's leverage, measured by dividing total liabilities from shareholders' equity. It also illustrates the debt that the company is using to finance its assets in relation to the value represented in equity.
Moving averages help technical traders track financial assets by mitigating daily price fluctuations or noise. By identifying trends, moving averages allow operators to make sure that trends work in their favor and increase the number of winning operations. The shorter the period of a moving average, the more rapidly it will change with the price action. However, it is more likely to provide less reliable signals than those provided by a longer-term moving average. The longer the period of a moving average, the more slowly it will change with the price action. However, the signals it provides are more reliable.
American Water Works Company (AWK) inventories decreased by -3.31%, in contrast to the 20-day moving average, showing a downward movement in stocks in the short term. It fell -1.26% below the simple 50-day moving average. This is showing a medium-term pessimistic trend based on SMA 50. The share price has risen above 4.82% from its 200-day moving average which has identified a positive long-term trend.
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