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

American Water Works Company's Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.1% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.1%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.1%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.1%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.1% at American Water Works Company, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.18% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 0.09% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.1% (2025), against an average of 0.12%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity rose 7bps in 2021 before it dropped -8bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.18% in 2021, then crashed by -40bps to 0.11% in 2022, then fell by -10bps to 0.1% in 2023, then grew by 6bps to 0.1% in 2024, then increased by 1bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AWK's Return on Equity are 0.1% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.1% (Q2 2025).