Growth Metrics

American Water Works Company (AWK) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

American Water Works Company (AWK) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with -$2.1 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 194.59% to -$2.1 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$1.1 billion through Dec 2025, down 162.84% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$1.1 billion for FY2025, 162.84% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit -$2.1 billion in Q4 2025 for American Water Works Company, down from $1.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $2.3 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of -$2.1 billion in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged -$116.0 million across 5 years, with a median of -$115.0 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: plummeted 1491.43% in 2021 and later skyrocketed 42950.0% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at -$1.1 billion in 2021, then soared by 68.04% to -$356.0 million in 2022, then rose by 24.44% to -$269.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 937.92% to $2.3 billion in 2024, then plummeted by 194.59% to -$2.1 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for AWK at -$2.1 billion in Q4 2025, $1.7 billion in Q3 2025, and -$682.0 million in Q2 2025.