American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026)
American Water Works Company's Return on Assets [ROA] was 3.15% in Q2 2026, down 0.08 percentage points from 3.23% a year earlier but up 0.03 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Assets [ROA] at American Water Works Company came in at 3.25%, down 0.08 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of +0.27 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] was 3.33% in FY2024 (+0.08 pp), 3.25% in FY2023 (+0.21 pp), 3.04% in FY2022 (-1.92 pp) and 4.97% in FY2021 (+1.98 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] has moved between 2.97% (Q1 2023) and 4.98% (Q1 2022) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.03 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] over five years was Q1 2022 (a gain of 2.06 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2023 (a drop of 2.01 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, AWK's Return on Assets [ROA] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 3.12% (Q1 2026), 3.17% (Q4 2025) and 3.24% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.15% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.17% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.24% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.23% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.25% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.25% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.12% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.07% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.12% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.14% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.10% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.09% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.97% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.99% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.91% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.97% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.98% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.91% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.03% |
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American Water Works Company, Inc. Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "AWK", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();