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If You Bought American Water Works In 2018, Here’s The Investment Outcome
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Mar 8, 2023 | Stock News
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Read MorePat Yourself On The Back If You Bought AWK in 2012
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Apr 14, 2022 | Stock News
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Read MorePat Yourself On The Back If You Bought AWK in 2012
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Jan 28, 2022 | Stock News
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Read MoreHow A $10K American Water Works Investment In 2011 Worked Out
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Oct 29, 2021 | Stock News
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Read MoreA $10k Investment In AWK In 2010 Really Worked
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Jan 16, 2020 | Stock News
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Read More$10k In American Water Works Shows ‘Buy And Hold’ Is Alive And Well
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Dec 23, 2019 | Stock News
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Read MoreA 2014 $10K AWK Investment Became This Today
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Nov 20, 2019 | Stock News
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Read MoreIf You Bought American Water Works In 2009, Here’s How Happy You Are Today
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Oct 25, 2019 | Stock News
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Read More$10k In AWK Proves ‘Buy And Hold’ Is Alive And Well
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Sep 20, 2019 | Stock News
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Read MoreEvery $10K Invested Into AWK In 2014 Is Now Worth This
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Sep 4, 2019 | Stock News
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Read MoreA $10k Investment In AWK In 2009 Really Worked
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Jul 5, 2019 | Stock News
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Read MoreEvery $10K Invested into American Water Works
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“I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.”
— Warren BuffettThe wisdom of Warren Buffett reflects a value-based philosophy about investing that says investors are buying shares in a business, and encourages strategic thinking about investment time horizon. Before placing a buy order for a stock, a great question we can ask is whether we would still be comfortable making the investment if we couldn’t sell it for many years?A “buy-and-hold” approach may call for a time horizon that spans a long period of time — maybe even lasting for a five year holding period. Suppose such a “buy-and-hold” investor had looked into buying shares of American Water Works Co, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) back in 2014. Let’s take a look at how such an investment would have worked out for that buy-and-hold investor:
AWK 5-Year Return Details Start date: 06/16/2014 $10,000

06/16/2014 $27,019

06/13/2019
End date: 06/13/2019 Start price/share: $48.10 End price/share: $116.68 Starting shares: 207.90 Ending shares: 231.53 Dividends reinvested/share: $7.77 Total return: 170.15% Average annual return: 22.02% Starting investment: $10,000.00 Ending investment: $27,019.76
The above analysis shows the five year investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 22.02%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $27,019.76 today (as of 06/13/2019). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 170.15% (something to think about: how might AWK shares perform over the next 5 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
Dividends are always an important investment factor to consider, and American Water Works Co, Inc. has paid $7.77/share in dividends to shareholders over the past 5 years we looked at above. Many an investor will only invest in stocks that pay dividends, so this component of total return is always an important consideration. Automated reinvestment of dividends into additional shares of stock can be a great way for an investor to compound their returns. The above calculations are done with the assuption that dividends received over time are reinvested (the calcuations use the closing price on ex-date).
Based upon the most recent annualized dividend rate of 2/share, we calculate that AWK has a current yield of approximately 1.71%. Another interesting datapoint we can examine is ‘yield on cost’ — in other words, we can express the current annualized dividend of 2 against the original $48.10/share purchase price. This works out to a yield on cost of 3.56%.
One more investment quote to leave you with:
“The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.” — Phillip Fisher
in 2014 is Now Worth This
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Jun 14, 2019 | Stock News
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“I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.”
— Warren Buffett
A “buy-and-hold” approach may call for a time horizon that spans a long period of time — maybe even lasting for a five year holding period. Suppose such a “buy-and-hold” investor had looked into buying shares of American Water Works Co, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) back in 2014. Let’s take a look at how such an investment would have worked out for that buy-and-hold investor:
AWK 5-Year Return Details | |||||
Start date: | 06/16/2014 |
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End date: | 06/13/2019 | ||||
Start price/share: | $48.10 | ||||
End price/share: | $116.68 | ||||
Starting shares: | 207.90 | ||||
Ending shares: | 231.53 | ||||
Dividends reinvested/share: | $7.77 | ||||
Total return: | 170.15% | ||||
Average annual return: | 22.02% | ||||
Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
Ending investment: | $27,019.76 |
The above analysis shows the five year investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 22.02%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $27,019.76 today (as of 06/13/2019). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 170.15% (something to think about: how might AWK shares perform over the next 5 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
Dividends are always an important investment factor to consider, and American Water Works Co, Inc. has paid $7.77/share in dividends to shareholders over the past 5 years we looked at above. Many an investor will only invest in stocks that pay dividends, so this component of total return is always an important consideration. Automated reinvestment of dividends into additional shares of stock can be a great way for an investor to compound their returns. The above calculations are done with the assuption that dividends received over time are reinvested (the calcuations use the closing price on ex-date).
Based upon the most recent annualized dividend rate of 2/share, we calculate that AWK has a current yield of approximately 1.71%. Another interesting datapoint we can examine is ‘yield on cost’ — in other words, we can express the current annualized dividend of 2 against the original $48.10/share purchase price. This works out to a yield on cost of 3.56%.
One more investment quote to leave you with:
“The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.” — Phillip Fisher
by Staff MMJStockWatch | Jun 14, 2019 | Stock News
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