American Water Works Ownership | Who Owns American Water Works?

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American Water Works Ownership Summary

American Water Works is owned by 88.63% institutional investors, 0.41% insiders, and 10.96% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.88% of AWK shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.16% of its assets in American Water Works shares.

AWK Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	American Water Works	88.63%	0.41%	10.96%
Sector	Utilities Stocks	49.95%	8.87%	41.18%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	25.11M	12.88%	$3.13B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	19.76M	10.13%	$2.46B
Blackrock	18.52M	9.50%	$2.39B
State street	11.36M	5.83%	$1.41B
Aristotle capital management	6.71M	3.44%	$835.68M
Geode capital management	4.67M	2.40%	$579.98M
Impax asset management group	4.64M	2.38%	$576.33M
Amundi	4.49M	2.30%	$553.69M
Pictet asset management sa	3.65M	1.87%	$454.78M
Northern trust	3.23M	1.66%	$417.47M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Soapstone management	91.25K	10.67%	$11.36M
Montanaro asset management	138.50K	3.56%	$17.24M
Dudley & shanley	160.89K	3.09%	$20.03M
Impax asset management group	4.64M	2.61%	$576.33M
Clean yield group	64.03K	2.54%	$7.97M
Mirova us	1.56M	2.33%	$194.08M
First personal financial services	78.25K	2.29%	$10.11M
Gould capital	23.44K	2.14%	$3.03M
Clear harbor asset management	202.34K	2.01%	$25.19M
Partners group	449.31K	2.00%	$55.93M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	2.37M	0.04%	2.37M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	19.76M	0.05%	2.02M
Victory capital management	3.17M	0.39%	1.74M
Bank of america corp /de/	2.96M	0.03%	997.47K
Raymond james financial	571.29K	0.03%	571.29K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Impax asset management group	4.64M	2.61%	-1.04M
Goldman sachs group	1.84M	0.04%	-606.58K
Franklin resources	441.40K	0.02%	-592.82K
International assets investment management	3.46K	0.04%	-534.53K
Magellan asset management	159.72K	0.22%	-471.74K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	2.37M	0.04%	2.37M	$294.52M
Raymond james financial	571.29K	0.03%	571.29K	$71.12M
Osterweis capital management	203.07K	1.18%	203.07K	$25.28M
Pensioenfonds rail & ov	165.00K	1.60%	165.00K	$21.31M
Renaissance	156.60K	0.03%	156.60K	$19.50M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-3.00
Westend advisors	-3.00
Jamison private wealth management	-5.00
Wolff wiese magana	-5.00
Clear point advisors	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	1,045	-1.79%	172,830,957	2.77%	88	1.19%	478	1.49%	377	3.29%
Sep 30, 2024	1,049	1.45%	167,716,135	-1.56%	86	1.13%	468	1.96%	358	-6.77%
Jun 30, 2024	1,015	-2.31%	169,711,885	2.83%	87	1.19%	448	-2.40%	380	-3.55%
Mar 31, 2024	1,039	-2.81%	165,043,869	-2.09%	85	1.12%	459	-10.00%	394	-
Dec 31, 2023	1,069	5.11%	168,558,770	2.51%	87	1.23%	510	14.09%	394	5.07%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	6.17M	3.16%	4.78K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	6.13M	3.14%	8.73K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	5.40M	2.77%	33.10K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	4.21M	2.16%	18.08K
The Utilities Select Sector SPDR® ETF	2.87M	1.47%	15.90K
Pictet-Water I EUR	2.60M	1.33%	607.25K
Fidelity 500 Index	2.44M	1.25%	10.87K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	2.43M	1.24%	-35.65K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	2.38M	1.22%	6.90K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	2.36M	1.21%	-12.42K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 22, 2024	Norton Cheryl	EVP and COO	Sell	$244.61K
Nov 22, 2024	Norton Cheryl	EVP and COO	Sell	$397.41K
Sep 03, 2024	GOSS MARTHA CLARK	-	Sell	$101.42K
Mar 04, 2024	Kennedy Melanie M	EVP, CHRO	Sell	$100.81K
May 18, 2023	Marberry Michael	-	Buy	$202.14K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	2
2024 Q3	-	1
2024 Q2	-	-

AWK Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of American Water Works?

American Water Works’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (25.11M shares, 12.88%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (19.76M shares, 10.13%), and Blackrock (18.52M shares, 9.50%). Together, they hold 32.51% of American Water Works’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own American Water Works?

Yes, BlackRock owns 9.50% of American Water Works, totaling 18.52M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.05% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 2.39B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 124K shares, a 0.67% change.

Who is American Water Works’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Soapstone management is American Water Works’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 10.67% of its assets in 91.25K American Water Works shares, valued at 11.36M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of American Water Works shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of American Water Works shares, with 3.16% of its total shares outstanding invested in 6.17M American Water Works shares.

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