Funding Support: The American Water Charitable Foundation has awarded a total of $75,000 in 2025 Workforce Readiness Grants to two nonprofit organizations, reflecting the company's commitment to social responsibility and community development.
Educational Collaboration: Central Montco Technical High School received funding, with Executive Director Dr. Angela King noting that this support is critical for preparing students for the workforce or further education, highlighting the importance of partnerships between education and business.
Career Development Programs: The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber's Luzerne Learns to Work program will utilize this funding to provide students with more opportunities to explore careers and build essential skills, thereby enhancing the local workforce pipeline.
Long-term Investment: Since 2012, the foundation has invested over $20 million focusing on the three pillars of Water, People, and Communities, demonstrating American Water's long-term commitment to promoting sustainable community development.
AWK
$134.13+Infinity%1D
Analyst Views on AWK
Wall Street analysts forecast AWK stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AWK is 136.17 USD with a low forecast of 117.00 USD and a high forecast of 155.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
6 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast AWK stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AWK is 136.17 USD with a low forecast of 117.00 USD and a high forecast of 155.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
0 Buy
4 Hold
2 Sell
Moderate Sell
Current: 131.550
Low
117.00
Averages
136.17
High
155.00
Current: 131.550
Low
117.00
Averages
136.17
High
155.00
Jefferies
Underperform
to
Hold
upgrade
$114 -> $124
2025-11-05
Reason
Jefferies
Price Target
$114 -> $124
2025-11-05
upgrade
Underperform
to
Hold
Reason
Jefferies upgraded American Water to Hold from Underperform with a price target of $124, up from $114. The firm says the stock's valuation now better reflects the company's fundamentals after the 10% post-merger pullback.
Jefferies
Buy
to
Hold
downgrade
$47 -> $44
2025-10-28
Reason
Jefferies
Price Target
$47 -> $44
2025-10-28
downgrade
Buy
to
Hold
Reason
Jefferies downgraded Essential Utilities (WTRG) to Hold from Buy with a price target of $44, down from $47, after the announcement of a merger with American Water (AWK). The 10% headline premium is "one of the lower premium deals in memory for a non merger of equals," the analyst tells investors.
Wells Fargo
Shahriar Pourreza
Equal Weight
initiated
$142
2025-10-27
Reason
Wells Fargo
Shahriar Pourreza
Price Target
$142
2025-10-27
initiated
Equal Weight
Reason
Wells Fargo analyst Shahriar Pourreza initiated coverage of American Water with an Equal Weight rating and $142 price target. The firm launched coverage of the powers and utilities group with 19 Overweights and 14 Equal Weights. Wells prefers names where with growth prospects "actually driving earnings higher" or stocks that are trading at valuation levels "not necessarily reflecting fundamentals." Wells added Constellation (CEG) to its "Best Idea List" for power and Sempra (SRE) to its "Best Idea List" for utilities. Utilities are "materially undervalued" as a "perfect storm of tailwinds" is hitting the group that is much more structural in nature than cyclical, contends the firm.
TD Cowen
Hold
initiated
$155
2025-10-15
Reason
TD Cowen
Price Target
$155
2025-10-15
initiated
Hold
Reason
TD Cowen initiated coverage of American Water with a Hold rating and $155 price target.
About AWK
American Water Works Company, Inc. is a water and wastewater utility company. The Company's primary business involves the ownership of utilities that provide water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, industrial, public authority, fire service and sale for resale customers. It also operates other businesses that provide water and wastewater services to the United States government on military installations, as well as municipalities. The Company operates its business through the Regulated Businesses segment. The Regulated Businesses segment includes subsidiaries that provide water and wastewater services to customers in approximately 14 states. The Company's utilities operate in states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The Company also serves commercial customers, fire service customers, industrial customers, public authorities, other utilities and community water and wastewater systems.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
