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

American Water Works Company's Return on Sales history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.19% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.19%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.22%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.22%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.19% at American Water Works Company, down from 0.26% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.68% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 0.15% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.22% (2021), against an average of 0.24%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales soared 52bps in 2021 before it plummeted -52bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.68% in 2021, then tumbled by -77bps to 0.16% in 2022, then increased by 5bps to 0.17% in 2023, then rose by 20bps to 0.2% in 2024, then fell by -6bps to 0.19% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AWK's Return on Sales are 0.19% (Q4 2025), 0.26% (Q3 2025), and 0.23% (Q2 2025).