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American Water Works Company, Inc.

AWK Utilities Utilities Regulated Water

American Water Works Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.1 billion, up 9.74% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.07%
EPS
+0.24%
Free cash flow
−384.9%
Total debt
+4.16%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

149.43 3.01 +2.06%
Market cap
$29.2B
P/E
25.3×
Fwd P/E
23.8×
Dividend yield
2.97%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
0.96
Beneish M
−2.81
Dividend safety
43/100
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Operating margin

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American Water Works Company, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 37.0%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (36.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 30.4% (fiscal 2021) to 37.3% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 31.2% and above the Utilities sector median of 18.8%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 36.6% (0.12)
FY2024 36.7% 1.16
FY2023 35.5% 1.95
FY2022 33.6% 3.14
FY2021 30.4% (2.61)
FY2020 33.0% (0.59)
FY2019 33.6% 1.60
FY2018 32.0% (5.29)
FY2017 37.3% 4.46
FY2016 32.9% (1.17)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 42.5% 2.45
Jun 2026 40.0% 7.61
Mar 2026 32.4% 0.53
Dec 2025 31.9% (10.46)
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Against its own ten years

Low 30.4% High 37.3%
Ten-year median 33.6%
Current reading's percentile 98

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. 37.0%
YORW The York Water Company compare 36.6%
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. compare 35.1%
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare 32.2%
AWR American States Water Company compare 31.9%
MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare 30.5%
HTO H2O America compare 20.7%
CWT California Water Service Group compare 18.4%
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare 12.3%
Utilities Regulated Water industry median 31.2%
Utilities sector median 18.8%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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