Growth Metrics

American Water Works Company (AWK) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

American Water Works Company's Return on Assets history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.03% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Assets changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.03%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.03%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Assets for Q4 2025 was 0.03% at American Water Works Company, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Assets topped out at 0.05% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Assets is 0.03% (2023), against an average of 0.03%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Assets increased 2bps in 2021 before it dropped -2bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Assets shows it stood at 0.05% in 2021, then plummeted by -39bps to 0.03% in 2022, then rose by 5bps to 0.03% in 2023, then rose by 4bps to 0.03% in 2024, then fell by -3bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AWK's Return on Assets are 0.03% (Q4 2025), 0.03% (Q3 2025), and 0.03% (Q2 2025).