American Water Works Company, I (AWK) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.00
- Estimate
- $2.04
- Surprise
- -1.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $1.50B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 4.9 → 4.8/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
American Water Works Company, I (AWK) missed the $2.04 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.00 — a modest 1.8% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (4.9/10) to Sell at 4.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates AWK Sell at 4.8/10.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -1.8% surprise compares with a -1.9% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Utilities): +1.0
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (3.0% away)
- Leverage penalty (D/E 1.4): -0.5
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $139.79
- Stop
- $133.83
At 24.2× trailing and 21.2× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: RSI 75 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
AWK at TrendMatrix's latest read
Utility earnings are regulatory outcomes on a lag — allowed-return and rate-case posture frame any quarter's print.
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Water
- Market cap
- $27.78B
- P/E (fwd)
- 21.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 24.2
- 52-week range
- $120.57–$144.14
- Off 52-week high
- 3.0%
- RSI (14)
- 75
- Volume vs avg
- 1.11×
- Score today
- 4.8/10