In trading on Tuesday, shares of American Water Works Co, Inc. (Symbol: AWK) touched a new 52-week high of $102.07/share. That's a 31.31% rise, or $24.34 per share from the 52-week low of $77.73 set back on 06/11/2018. That means at today's intraday high, any investor who purchased AWK stock any time over the past 52 weeks has an unrealized gain, including company insiders.
Over the past six months, insiders have been scooping up shares, and those bets are now paying off handsomely. As summarized by the table below, AWK has seen 2 different instances of insiders buying over the trailing six month period.
Purchased
Insider
Title
Shares
Price/Share
Value
11/13/2018
Karl F. Kurz
Director
1,000
$91.30
$91,300.00
11/29/2018
Susan N. Story
President and CEO
96
$91.91
$8,823.36
The chart below shows where AWK has traded over the past year, with the 50-day and 200-day moving averages included.
In afternoon trading on Tuesday, AWK shares are changing hands at $101.44/share, slightly below the new 52-week high.
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