AWK vs Peers Stock Comparison

American Water Works Company Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

AWK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAWK
Valuation 11 #33 of 37
Growth 56 #16 of 35
Profitability 94 #3 of 35
Financial Health 71 #11 of 36
Shareholder Returns 53 #18 of 37
Overall 57
  • AWK ranked among 37 companies in Regulated Utilities

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAWKSPY
1 month +8.2% -0.8%
3 months +5.3% +3.5%
6 months +7.4% +7.0%
Year to date +8.6% +12.2%
1 year +0.1% +13.0%
3 years +21.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.8% +23.1%
5 years -18.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -3.9% +11.0%
10 years +95.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAWKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.46 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.00 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.1% -1.8%
52-week high $143.25 $779.14
52-week low $121.13 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAWK
P/E now vs peer median 24.6xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -27.3xmedian 31.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 3.13median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAWK
Revenue $5.28B
Operating income $1.95B
Net income $1.13B
Free cash flow -$1.03B
EPS (diluted) $5.76
Cash & equivalents $191.00M
Total debt $15.99B
Shares (diluted) 196.00M
Enterprise value $27.57B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAWK
P/E 24.6x
P/FCF -27.3x
P/Operating cash flow 12.1x
P/S 5.3x
P/B 2.4x
P/Tangible book 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 15.2x
EV/EBIT 22.5x
EV/Revenue 8.3x
EV/FCF -42.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAWK
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 3.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAWK
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin 54.6%
Operating margin 36.9%
Pretax margin 27.3%
Net margin 21.3%
FCF margin -19.5%
Operating cash flow margin 44.2%
Return on equity 9.9%
Return on assets 3.1%
Return on invested capital 6.2%
Return on capital employed 6.0%
Asset turnover 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAWK
Debt / assets 43.9%
Debt / equity 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.5x
Debt / FCF -15.5x
Liabilities / assets 68.0%
Equity / assets 32.0%
Interest coverage 3.0x
Current ratio 0.5x
Quick ratio 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAWK
Dividend yield 2.4%
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 58.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) -63.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) 8.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 9.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAWK
Forward P/E 24.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.14BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAWK
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,128
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.0%
Institutions buying 530
Institutions selling 416
Buyers to sellers 1.27

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Only one of these companies pays a dividend: American Water Works Company (AWK) 2.44%.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.