American Water Works Company, Inc.
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American Water Works Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.1 billion, up 9.74% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.19%, EPS grew 8.78%, free cash flow grew 40.3% and total debt rose 8.15%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Altman Z-score
American Water Works Company, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 0.96, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 0.96 | (0.03) |
| FY2024 | 0.98 | (0.11) |
| FY2023 | 1.10 | (0.02) |
| FY2022 | 1.11 | (0.31) |
| FY2021 | 1.42 | 0.24 |
| FY2020 | 1.19 | 0.10 |
| FY2019 | 1.09 | 0.22 |
| FY2018 | 0.87 | (0.06) |
| FY2017 | 0.93 | 0.14 |
| FY2016 | 0.78 | 0.02 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | (0.07) | — | −0.09 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.07 | — | 0.10 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.05 | — | 0.17 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 1.03 | — | 0.62 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.15 | — | 0.15 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | 0.96 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Distress zone | 0.58 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare | 13.0× |
| AWR American States Water Company compare | 1.8× |
| MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare | 1.1× |
| YORW The York Water Company compare | 1.1× |
| AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. | 1.0× |
| WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. compare | 0.9× |
| CWT California Water Service Group compare | 0.8× |
| HTO H2O America compare | 0.7× |
| SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare | — |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets
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