American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)

American Water Works Co., Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of water and wastewater services. It operates under the Regulated Businesses and Other segments. The Regulated Businesses segment offers water and wastewater services to customers. The Other segment focuses on corporate costs that are not allocated to the operating segments, eliminations of inter-segment transactions, fair value adjustments, and associated income and deductions related to the acquisitions for evaluation of performance and allocation of resource purposes. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, NJ.

Address

1 WATER STREET
CAMDEN, NJ 08102-1658

Founded

1886

Number of Employees

6,500

Buyback

Buyback Data 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
$ Amount Purchased
($ in 000s )
- $126,207 $65,016 $54,208 $44,660 $35,539 - - - - - $65,126
Average Price - $56.09 $65.02 $77.44 $79.75 $101.54 - - - - - $67.00
# Shares Purchased - 2,250,000 1,000,000 700,000 560,000 350,000 - - - - - 972,000
Buyback Performance 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
Total Return to Date - 163.9% 127.6% 91.1% 85.6% 45.8% - - - - - 120.9%
S&P 500 Return to Date - 173.0% 168.6% 129.7% 104.9% 93.1% - - - - - 133.9%
Excess Total Return - -9.1% -41.0% -38.6% -19.3% -47.4% - - - - - -13.0%
Quartile Rank
Percentile Rank - 72% 66% 66% 70% 58% - - - - - 87%
Buyback returns calculated using weighted average buyback price over the last 10 years and comparing to current day stock price value. S&P 500 used as benchmark for excess return.