Growth Metrics

American Water Works Company (AWK) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

American Water Works Company's Debt Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.4 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Debt Ratio fell 1.41% year-over-year to 0.4; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.4, down 1.41%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.4, 1.41% down from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.4 at American Water Works Company, roughly flat from 0.4 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.44 in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.37 in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.41 (2023), against an average of 0.41.
  • The largest annual shift saw Debt Ratio increased 9.08% in 2021 before it fell 10.73% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.42 in 2021, then decreased by 3.71% to 0.4 in 2022, then dropped by 2.67% to 0.39 in 2023, then grew by 3.92% to 0.41 in 2024, then fell by 1.41% to 0.4 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AWK's Debt Ratio are 0.4 (Q4 2025), 0.4 (Q3 2025), and 0.4 (Q2 2025).