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. 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.

134.90 1.86 +1.40%
Market cap
$26.4B
P/E
23.4×
Fwd P/E
20.5×
Dividend yield
2.55%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
0.96
Beneish M
−2.81
Dividend safety
43/100

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Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 26,440.00
Revenue 5,284.00
Net Income 1,128.00
Free Cash Flow (1,030.00)
Net Debt 14,283.00
Current Ratio 0.52 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 1.24
P/E ratio 23.38
Fwd P/E 20.50
P/S ratio 5.00
P/B ratio 2.27
Past 5Y EPS Growth 7.79%
This Y EPS Growth 6.97%
Next Y EPS Growth 8.25%
Next Y revenue growth 5.21%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 7.92%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 15.78%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 33.65%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 4.05%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 35.20%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.60
Annual Dividend Rate 3.45
Annual Dividend Yield 2.55%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 3.53
0.83
0.90
0.90
2025 3.25
0.77
0.83
0.83
0.83
2024 3.00
0.71
0.77
0.77
0.77
2023 2.78
0.66
0.71
0.71
0.71
2022 2.57
0.60
0.66
0.66
0.66
2021 2.36
0.55
0.60
0.60
0.60
2020 2.15
0.50
0.55
0.55
0.55
2019 1.96
0.46
0.50
0.50
0.50
2018 1.78
0.42
0.46
0.46
0.46
2017 1.62
0.38
0.42
0.42
0.42
2016 1.47
0.34
0.38
0.38
0.38
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 364 125 119 209
Receivables 425 441 404 554
Inventory 112 103 112 110
Other 488 546 1,556 836
1,389 1,215 2,191 1,709
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 294 346 378 326
ST’ Debt 475 637 1,479 446
Other 252 230 198 212
2,151 3,150 4,747 3,269

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.99% 6.36% 10.67%
Cash Flow 5.59% 7.62% 22.94%
Earnings 8.85% 9.40% 10.65%
Book Value 7.94% 10.92% 12.10%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,207 1,355 — — —
’25 1,142 1,276 1,451 1,271 5,140
’24 1,011 1,149 1,323 1,201 4,684
’23 938 1,097 1,167 1,032 4,234
’22 842 937 1,082 931 3,792
’21 888 999 1,092 951 3,930
’20 844 931 1,079 923 3,777
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 305 602 — — —
’25 331 301 764 663 2,059
’24 382 345 679 639 2,045
’23 285 429 633 527 1,874
’22 154 42 568 344 1,108
’21 179 341 509 412 1,441
’20 180 351 457 438 1,426
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (354) (258) — — —
’25 (217) (432) (33) (385) (1,067)
’24 (227) (325) (4) (255) (811)
’23 (241) (198) 7 (269) (701)
’22 338 (529) (34) (356) (581)
’21 (163) (69) 56 325 149
’20 (226) (111) 13 (70) (394)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.00 1.61 — — —
’25 1.05 1.48 1.94 1.22 5.69
’24 0.95 1.42 1.80 1.22 5.39
’23 0.91 1.44 1.66 0.88 4.90
’22 0.87 1.20 1.63 0.81 4.51
’21 0.73 1.14 1.53 3.55 6.95
’20 0.68 0.97 1.46 0.80 3.91
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 58.90 69.96 76.04 88.00 92.00 131.01 122.77 114.25 113.34 118.74

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 85.24 92.37 98.18 129.89 172.56 189.65 189.25 162.59 150.68 155.50
People
People Employees 6,800 6,900 7,100 6,800 7,000 6,400 6,500 6,500 6,700 7,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.49 0.49 0.48 0.53 0.54 0.61 0.58 0.65 0.70 0.73
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,302 3,357 3,440 3,610 3,777 3,930 3,792 4,234 4,684 5,140
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 770 912 787 833 924 1,640 1,008 1,196 1,359 1,422
EBT margin, % 23.32 27.17 22.88 23.07 24.46 41.73 26.58 28.25 29.01 27.67
Net income 468 426 565 621 709 1,263 820 944 1,051 1,111
Depreciation 470 492 545 582 604 636 649 704 788 894
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 18.55 18.86 19.11 19.94 20.87 21.59 20.84 21.94 24.02 26.36
Earnings 2.63 2.39 3.16 3.44 3.91 6.96 4.51 4.90 5.39 5.69
Cash flow 7.24 8.14 7.70 7.64 7.88 7.92 6.09 9.71 10.49 10.56
Capex (7.31) (7.97) (8.62) (8.87) (10.06) (7.10) (9.28) (13.34) (14.65) (16.03)
Free cash flow (0.07) 0.17 (0.92) (1.23) (2.18) 0.82 (3.19) (3.63) (4.16) (5.47)
Book value 29.31 30.25 32.58 33.82 35.66 40.10 42.27 50.76 52.98 55.57
Shares, m 178 178 180 181 181 182 182 193 195 195
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 27.47 37.20 28.72 35.82 39.15 27.14 34.17 27.30 23.10 22.94
P/S 3.89 4.72 4.75 6.16 7.35 8.75 7.40 6.09 5.18 4.95
P/B 2.46 2.94 2.79 3.63 4.30 4.71 3.65 2.63 2.35 2.35
EV/Sales 5.78 6.73 6.93 8.54 9.76 11.36 10.32 8.88 7.97 7.70
EV/FCF (1,469.12) 753.14 (144.41) (138.19) (93.56) 299.58 (67.37) (53.63) (46.00) (37.10)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,289 1,449 1,386 1,383 1,426 1,441 1,108 1,874 2,045 2,059
Capex (1,302) (1,419) (1,551) (1,606) (1,820) (1,292) (1,689) (2,575) (2,856) (3,126)
Free cash flow (13) 30 (165) (223) (394) 149 (581) (701) (811) (1,067)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (1,608) (1,605) (1,313) (760) (975) (587) (1,561) (762) (1,935) (2,556)
Total debt 6,333 6,820 7,647 8,672 9,662 10,401 11,210 12,193 13,158 14,259
Net debt 6,238 6,738 7,489 8,581 9,086 10,265 11,093 11,829 13,033 14,140
Shareholders’ equity 5,218 5,385 5,864 6,121 6,454 7,298 7,693 9,797 10,332 10,837
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.62 2.24 2.79 2.83 2.99 4.97 3.04 3.25 3.33 3.25
ROIC 5.92 6.46 5.16 5.16 5.02 4.26 4.24 4.35 4.60 4.70
ROE 9.12 8.04 10.08 10.36 11.28 18.37 10.94 10.79 10.44 10.50
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

American Water Works Company, Inc. vs peers in Utilities Regulated Water (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. $26.4B 23.4× 20.5× +6.19% (above 0%: growing) +8.78% (above 0%: growing) +40.28% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 40.00%
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp $22.0B 15.9× 15.6× +46.43% (above 0%: growing) +14.45% (above 0%: growing) −154.90% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.66% 31.04% Compare
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. $11.4B 20.8× 16.9× +3.10% (above 0%: growing) −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) −1.23% (below 0%: shrinking) 91.30% 36.41% Compare
AWR American States Water Company $3.3B 22.8× 21.1× +11.18% (above 0%: growing) +26.44% (above 0%: growing) −126.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 79.44% 35.29% Compare
CWT California Water Service Group $2.9B 20.8× 18.7× +16.47% (above 0%: growing) +32.39% (above 0%: growing) −18.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 70.24% 22.97% Compare
HTO H2O America $2.4B 20.2× 20.4× +6.16% (above 0%: growing) −9.86% (below 0%: shrinking) +14.08% (above 0%: growing) 59.39% 20.31% Compare
MSEX Middlesex Water Company $1.0B 21.1× 21.2× +14.26% (above 0%: growing) +31.67% (above 0%: growing) −22.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 32.35% Compare
YORW The York Water Company $501.5M 19.3× 18.9× +22.48% (above 0%: growing) +40.00% (above 0%: growing) +111.16% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 41.71% Compare
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. $460.5M 27.4× 31.8× −2.15% (below 0%: shrinking) −21.88% (below 0%: shrinking) +39.37% (above 0%: growing) 33.35% 11.39% Compare
Median of peers $2.6B 20.8× 19.7× +12.72% +20.45% −9.77% 74.84% 31.70%

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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) key facts

  • Strength: American Water Works Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.1 billion, up 9.74% from fiscal 2024.
  • American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) is an Utilities Regulated Water company in the Utilities sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, AWK traded at $134.90, a market capitalization of $26.4 billion.
  • American Water Works Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $3.45 per share, a yield of 2.55%, with a payout ratio of 59.7%.
  • Return on equity was 10.5% and debt-to-equity 1.24.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.96 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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