American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Stock

About American Water Works Company, Inc.

American Water Works Company, Inc. is led by CEO John C. Griffith, employs 6,700 people, headquartered in Camden, US, publicly traded since 2008.

American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) stock trades at $142.75 with a market capitalization of $28.37B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.65, price-to-book of 2.20, price-to-sales of 4.92. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $120.57 and $145.64, and currently trades 2.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.73%.

On profitability, American Water Works Company, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 10.15%, return on capital employed of 5.88%, an operating margin of 36.56%, a net profit margin of 21.35%.

In its most recent fiscal year, American Water Works Company, Inc. reported annual revenue of $5.1B, net profit of $1.1B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 6.4%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 9.4%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.38, a current ratio of 0.37, total assets of $36.5B, $119.0M in cash and equivalents.

AWK has an average daily trading volume of 2,158,644 shares, a beta of 0.58 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

American Water Works Company, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 American Water Works Company, Inc. reported revenue of $3.3B rising to $5.1B, a change of +55.7% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 6.4% a year over five years, 10.7% over three, 9.7% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $1.1B.

Operating margin went from 32.7% in 2016 to 36.6% in 2025, a gain of 3.9 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 21.35%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $5.3B and net profit $1.1B.

Borrowings rose from $7.2B to $15.9B, cash on hand is $137.0M, cash from operations was $2.1B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 11.6% over five years, and was 10.3% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at -1.3% a year over five years, -0.3% over three, -2.9% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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