American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Capital Expenditures (2010 - 2026)
American Water Works Company (AWK) reported Capital Expenditures of $860 million for Q2 2026, up 17.3% from $733 million a year earlier and up 30.5% from the prior quarter.
American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Capital Expenditures (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, American Water Works Company's Capital Expenditures came in at $3.36 billion, up 17.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $3.13 billion, up 9.5% from FY2024.
- Capital Expenditures has increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 11.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Capital Expenditures came in at $2.86 billion in FY2024 (+10.9%), $2.58 billion in FY2023 (+12.1%), $2.3 billion in FY2022 (+30.2%) and $1.76 billion in FY2021 (-3.2%).
- Five-year quarterly Capital Expenditures spans a low of $424 million in Q1 2022 and a high of $1.05 billion in Q4 2025.
- Year over year, Capital Expenditures has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 11.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Capital Expenditures in five years was Q2 2022 (growth of 39.3%); the low point was Q1 2025 (a decline of 10.0%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $659 million (Q1 2026), $1.05 billion (Q4 2025) and $797 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 860.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 659.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.05 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 797.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 733.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 548.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 894.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 683.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 670.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 609.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 796.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 626.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 627.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 526.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 700.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 602.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 571.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 424.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 559.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 453.00 Mn |
American Water Works Company, Inc. Capital Expenditures API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "capital-expenditures", "ticker": "AWK", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();