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

American Water Works Company (AWK) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 0.19% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 1.0% to 0.19% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.22% through Dec 2025, down 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.22% for FY2025, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.19% in Q4 2025 for American Water Works Company, down from 0.26% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.68% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.15% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.24% across 5 years, with a median of 0.22% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: skyrocketed 52bps in 2021 and later tumbled -52bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.68% in 2021, then crashed by -77bps to 0.16% in 2022, then rose by 5bps to 0.17% in 2023, then grew by 20bps to 0.2% in 2024, then dropped by -6bps to 0.19% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for AWK at 0.19% in Q4 2025, 0.26% in Q3 2025, and 0.23% in Q2 2025.