AWK options flow: unusual options activity in American Water Works Company, Inc.

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 2 unusual options prints in American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK), $153K of tracked premium, leaning firmly bearish. Bullish premium was $0 against $125K bearish; $28K went into calls and $125K into puts, a put call ratio of 4.46. The largest print was $125K of AWK 18 Dec 2026 $130 puts on 25 September 2026, swept at ask. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 1 print and $125K of premium. AWK closed at $130.91 on 25 September 2026, down 0.5%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 21 September 2026 to 25 September 2026, 2 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.

Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.

Largest prints of the week

Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.

Where the money is aimed

The most premium, $153K, is aimed at the 18 Dec 2026 expiry.

A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.

The last session, 25 September 2026

Every print in AWK with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open AWK in Options Sentiment Screener.

Price

The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open AWK in Options Sentiment Screener.

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 6 firms, have a median of $139, 6.2% above the last close.

Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.

About American Water Works Company, Inc.

Exchange

NYSE

Sector

Utilities

Industry

Utilities

Headquarters

VOORHEES, New Jersey

Website

amwater.com

American Water Works Company, Inc. provides water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states. It serves approximately 14 million people with drinking water, wastewater, and other related services in 24 states. The company operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants, 480 groundwater treatment plants; 160 wastewater treatment plants.

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Learn

• What unusual options activity means
• Reading one ticker's flow
• Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
• Size versus open interest
• Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
• The conviction score and whale prints