American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) earnings on July 29, 2026

After the market closes Q2 2026

More American Water Works Company, Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial

The water company's latest results were stronger than analysts expected. The stock rose during the day but gave up those gains and closed lower.

AWK price around the earnings

136.81

Change: -0.9%

2026-07-30, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
135.71 137.49 139.26 141.04 138.09
Price series around the eventClosing price per minute from before the event to the end of the measured window.No trading (market closed)No trading (market closed)No trading (market closed)No trading (market closed)
July 29, 2026 July 30, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial

Thesis published
Results released

Hold-rated utility, 25% beat rate, +1% upside target; positive 14d trend strength +4.91% vs SPY; IV low 0.2603; implied move 1.36%.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Score fluctuated but deteriorated from -12.8 to -31.0 over 7 days — trajectory weakening into earnings.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Hold
Consensus average (1-5)
2.62
Analysts covering the stock
11
Average price target
139.36
Lowest price target
128
Highest price target
155
Upside to price target
1%
Quarterly earnings growth
-4.4%
Revenue growth
5.7%
Forward EPS
6.57
Trailing EPS
5.65
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
3
  • Strong buy: 0
  • Buy: 3
  • Hold: 9
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 1
Strong buy
0
Buy
3
Hold
9
Sell
0
Strong sell
1
  • July 15, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Underweight → Underweight)
  • July 8, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
  • July 2, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (3)

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
138.05
Average true range (ATR)
2.3%
Distance to 52-week high
-3.7%
14-day change (14d)
+4.9%
30-day change (32d)
+4.2%
30-day relative strength
+2.6%
SPY change (32d)
+1.6%
Nearest support
137.45
Distance to nearest support
0.4%
Nearest resistance
138.45
Distance to nearest resistance
0.3%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
1.1
  • Major: 137.45 (0.4% away, 0.19 ATR, 46 touches)
  • Major: 136.74 (1% away, 0.41 ATR, 40 touches)
  • Mid: 136.06 (1.4% away, 0.62 ATR, 27 touches)
  • Major: 138.45 (0.3% away, 0.12 ATR, 28 touches)
  • Major: 139.04 (0.7% away, 0.3 ATR, 38 touches)
  • Major: 139.63 (1.2% away, 0.49 ATR, 50 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
-2.4%
  • April 29, 2026: actual EPS 1.01 vs estimate 1.09 (surprise -7.4%)
  • February 18, 2026: actual EPS 1.24 vs estimate 1.27 (surprise -2.3%)
  • October 29, 2025: actual EPS 1.94 vs estimate 1.88 (surprise +3.0%)
  • July 30, 2025: actual EPS 1.48 vs estimate 1.53 (surprise -3.1%)

Expected move

Implied move
+1.4%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
1.7%
75th percentile move
2.6%
90th percentile move
3.3%
Up / down moves
13 / 7
Average up move
+1.7%
Average down move
-2.1%

Monitoring and close

What American Water Works Company, Inc. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS1.61
EPS estimate1.55
EPS surprise+4.0%

American Water reported Q2 2026 results and reaffirmed its annual guidance. Shares rose 3.2% last week.

Sources (9)

Pre-market second reading after the results

There is no second reading available for this event.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Partial
Consolidated
-0.9%
Max favorable move (MFE)
1.8%
Max adverse move (MAE)
2.2%