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American Water Works Company (AWK) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

American Water Works Company's Operating Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 31.86% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 144.0% year-over-year to 31.86%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 36.56%, down 12.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 36.56%, 12.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 31.86% at American Water Works Company, down from 42.32% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 42.32% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 23.13% in Q4 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 33.17% (2021), against an average of 34.21%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Margin tumbled -536bps in 2021 before it skyrocketed 490bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 23.13% in 2021, then grew by 21bps to 28.03% in 2022, then increased by 3bps to 28.97% in 2023, then increased by 15bps to 33.31% in 2024, then dropped by -4bps to 31.86% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AWK's Operating Margin are 31.86% (Q4 2025), 42.32% (Q3 2025), and 38.32% (Q2 2025).