AWK

American Water Works
Water Utilities · Utilities · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$127.84
-1.9% on the session
1-year return
-3.1%
-6.0% over six months
Volatility
22.5%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-15.0%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

American Water Works is a water utilities name in the utilities sector. Over the past year it returned -3.1%, against -4.5% over three months and -9.3% over one. It sits 2.1% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is undecided. Annualized volatility of 22.5% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -15.0%, and it has traded a median $262M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.26 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Utilities#6 of 31
Stronger than 83% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#232 of 496

How AWK scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 0 others in Water Utilities.

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Full metrics
1 day-1.9%
1 week-0.8%
1 month-9.3%
3 months-4.5%
6 months-6.0%
1 year-3.1%
12-1 momentum+6.8%
Volatility (1y, annualized)22.5%
Max drawdown (1y)-15.0%
Distance vs 200-day average-2.1%
Return per unit of risk-0.14
Median daily dollar volume$262M
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