AWK Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own AWK shares is 1552, representing 93.71% of the company's common stock.

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AWK by -18.95% restricting it's holding to 1.7 million shares of worth nearly $207.66M. DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTS BANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN also lessened -3% of the AWK shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.75 million shares of worth $214.10M. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA also shunned AWK shares holding by -63.08% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.8 million shares worth $219.80M.

As per its latest 13F filing, DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ increased its stake in AWK by 17.23% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.89 million shares having worth more than $230.47M. MORGAN STANLEY also added 13.77% more shares of AWK to its portfolio, raising its holding to 3.27 million shares of worth $400.02M. INVESCO LTD. also increased its AWK shares holding by 7.74% which brought its holding to 3.31 million shares worth $403.93M.

The insider with the most stakes in AWK is Lynch Walter , President and CEO at the company. Additionally, AWK stock is highly held by President and CEO STORY SUSAN N and director GOSS MARTHA CLARK among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.12% percent of American Water Works Company, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which AWK insiders have sold stock, totaling 2.48K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include NORTON CHERYL, GOSS MARTHA CLARK, and KENNEDY MELANIE M.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which American Water Works Company, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 54.43K American Water Works Company, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.12% of AWK stock.

AWK President and CEO, Lynch Walter holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AWK shares owned by Lynch total nearly 132.5 thousand.

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in AWK which holds 1.7 million shares worth $207.66M or 0.88% of the total AWK shares outstanding followed by DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTS BANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN with ownership of 1.75 million shares representing 0.91% of the AWK ownership. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA is the third largest stakeholder with 1.8 million shares or 0.93% of the ownership worth more than $219.80M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the AWK is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of AWK shares short is 4.43M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 194.89M shares of AWK are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, AWK has 194.49M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for AWK is 3.87.