Growth Metrics

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

American Water Works Company (AWK) has disclosed Return on Assets for 16 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Assets changed 0.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.03% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.03% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Assets hit 0.03% in Q4 2025 for American Water Works Company, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Assets ranged from a high of 0.05% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.03% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Assets has averaged 0.03% across 5 years, with a median of 0.03% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Assets: rose 2bps in 2021 and later decreased -2bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Assets stood at 0.05% in 2021, then tumbled by -39bps to 0.03% in 2022, then grew by 5bps to 0.03% in 2023, then grew by 4bps to 0.03% in 2024, then dropped by -3bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Assets for AWK at 0.03% in Q4 2025, 0.03% in Q3 2025, and 0.03% in Q2 2025.