American Water Works Company (AWK) Total Debt (2009 - 2026)
American Water Works Company (AWK) recorded Total Debt of $15.99 billion in Q2 2026, up 6.7% from $14.99 billion a year earlier and up 2.3% from the prior quarter.
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American Water Works Company (AWK) Total Debt (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, American Water Works Company reported Total Debt of $15.85 billion, up 12.9% from FY2024.
- Annual Total Debt has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Total Debt came in at $14.04 billion in FY2024 (+13.5%), $12.37 billion in FY2023 (-0.1%), $12.39 billion in FY2022 (+12.7%) and $10.99 billion in FY2021 (+0.4%).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Total Debt in data going back to Q4 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Total Debt has increased for ten consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 11.2% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Total Debt in the last five years was growth of 17.1% in Q1 2024, against a decline of 0.2% in Q1 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $15.63 billion (Q1 2026), $15.85 billion (Q4 2025) and $15.3 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Total Debt (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 293.96 Bn | 293.96 Bn | 890.00 Mn | - |
| 2 | National Grid | 78.23 Bn | 59.76 Bn | - | -6.27 Bn |
| 3 | Dominion Energy | 53.03 Bn | 55.71 Bn | - | 53.22 Bn |
| 4 | Xcel Energy | 43.33 Bn | 38.23 Bn | - | 39.46 Bn |
| 5 | Wec Energy | 33.06 Bn | 33.29 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 22.56 Bn |
| 6 | Ameren | 27.51 Bn | 27.60 Bn | - | 21.81 Bn |
| 7 | Fortis | 26.94 Bn | 27.43 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 26.01 Bn |
| 8 | Atmos Energy | 26.53 Bn | 25.30 Bn | 870.85 Mn | 10.25 Bn |
| 9 | American Water Works Company | 25.62 Bn | 25.03 Bn | - | 15.99 Bn |
| 10 | Dte Energy | 25.14 Bn | 24.62 Bn | - | 27.58 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 15.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.63 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 15.85 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.30 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.43 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.04 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.35 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.13 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.13 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.37 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.19 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.19 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.21 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.39 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.84 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.62 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.73 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.99 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 11.08 Bn |
API Access
American Water Works Company Total Debt 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
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "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=total-debt&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();