American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026)
American Water Works Company's Return on Sales [ROS] was 40.00% in Q2 2026, up 1.68 percentage points from 38.32% a year earlier and up 7.61 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, American Water Works Company's Return on Sales [ROS] was 36.94% through Jun 30, 2026, up 0.46 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 36.56%, down 0.12 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of +3.51 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] was 36.68% in FY2024 (+1.16 pp), 35.52% in FY2023 (+1.95 pp), 33.57% in FY2022 (+3.14 pp) and 30.43% in FY2021 (-2.61 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has moved between 23.13% (Q4 2021) and 42.32% (Q3 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Sales [ROS] was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.66 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] over five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 4.90 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2021 (a drop of 5.36 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, AWK's Return on Sales [ROS] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 32.39% (Q1 2026), 31.86% (Q4 2025) and 42.32% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 40.00% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 32.39% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 31.86% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 42.32% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 38.32% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 32.49% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 33.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 41.04% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 39.08% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 32.25% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 28.97% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 40.96% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 39.38% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 31.45% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 28.03% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 40.57% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 34.90% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 29.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 23.13% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 38.19% |
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American Water Works Company, Inc. Return on Sales [ROS] 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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();