American Water's 2016 Earnings on Track, but Valuation Is Eye-Watering
We are maintaining our $59 per share fair value estimate for American Water Works after the company reported second-quarter 2016 EPS of $0.77, a nice improvement from second-quarter 2015 EPS of $0.68 primarily driven by new regulated rates from the company's continuous filings. Management confirmed its full-year guidance of $2.75-$2.85, in line with our latest projection for 2016 EPS of $2.80.American Water's steady improvement and financial growth revolve around a continuous ballet of acquisit...
American Water Works is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a publicly-traded water and wastewater utility company. The company provides drinking water, wastewater and other related services to people in various states. The company's Regulated Businesses provide water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, industrial, public authority, fire service and sale for resale customers. The company's Market-Based Businesses provide complementary home services primarily to residential and smaller commercial customers and water and wastewater services to the United States government on military installations, as well as municipalities, utilities and industrial customers.
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