American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026)
American Water Works Company's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 5.99% in Q2 2026, down 0.11 percentage points from 6.10% a year earlier and down 0.09 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at American Water Works Company came in at 6.39%, up 0.35 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of +0.41 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 6.05% in FY2024 (+0.45 pp), 5.59% in FY2023 (+0.32 pp), 5.28% in FY2022 (+0.14 pp) and 5.14% in FY2021 (-0.85 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q1 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was higher in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.39 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was Q2 2025 (a gain of 0.81 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2021 (a drop of 0.68 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, AWK's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 6.08% (Q1 2026), 6.19% (Q4 2025) and 6.12% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.99% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.08% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.19% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.10% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.77% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.89% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.51% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.29% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.32% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.39% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.25% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.26% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.06% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.17% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.98% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.96% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.00% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.08% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.32% |
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American Water Works Company, Inc. Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();