American Water Works Company AWK Peer Comparison

NYSE AWK
$139.49 +2.09 (+1.52%)
At close: Sep 2, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT
Peer Comparison

62 Comparable Companies

Industry Water Utilities

American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) is the 6th largest of 62 Water Utilities companies by market capitalisation, at 27.16 Bn, behind Teledyne Technologies Inc at 28.15 Bn. It trades on a P/E of 24.08, 9% below the peer median of 26.38. The table below compares all 62 on 8 financial metrics.

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# Ticker Company match industry_code industry_group industry_group_code Market Capitalization P/E P/S Enterprise Value
1 AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 27.16 Bn 24.08 5.14 26.97 Bn
2 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 11.75 Bn 27.43 4.57 11.74 Bn
3 AWR American States Water Co primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 3.46 Bn 23.59 5.01 3.44 Bn
4 CWT California Water Service Group primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 3.02 Bn 34.43 2.86 2.93 Bn
5 HTO H2O America primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 2.65 Bn 24.78 3.20 2.55 Bn
6 MSEX Middlesex Water Co primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 1.08 Bn 22.58 5.24 1.08 Bn
7 YORW York Water Co primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.54 Bn 28.58 6.49 0.54 Bn
8 CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.46 Bn 31.95 3.62 0.33 Bn
9 ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.37 Bn 27.57 3.16 0.36 Bn
10 PCYO Pure Cycle Corp primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.27 Bn 18.28 7.96 0.26 Bn
11 GWRS Global Water Resources, Inc. primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.26 Bn 81.34 4.24 0.25 Bn
12 ECL Ecolab Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 78.90 Bn 36.78 4.64 73.76 Bn
13 FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. /DE/ secondary I-31 Distribution and Rental IG-07 43.00 Bn 21.20 1.37 42.18 Bn
14 IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc /De secondary H-05 Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology HG-01 42.75 Bn 37.51 9.39 42.56 Bn
15 IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. secondary I-10 Machinery IG-02 29.22 Bn 30.25 3.68 28.05 Bn
16 TDY Teledyne Technologies Inc secondary I-02 Aerospace and Defense IG-01 28.15 Bn 28.87 4.42 27.81 Bn
17 XYL Xylem Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 25.26 Bn 25.04 2.77 23.99 Bn
18 VLTO Veralto Corp secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 23.96 Bn 24.25 4.21 21.84 Bn
19 DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. secondary M-02 Chemicals MG-01 18.03 Bn 97.48 2.58 16.29 Bn
20 WTS Watts Water Technologies Inc secondary I-10 Machinery IG-02 11.79 Bn 30.71 4.40 11.44 Bn
21 WMS Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. secondary I-13 Construction Products IG-03 10.14 Bn 22.45 3.15 9.98 Bn
22 PNR PENTAIR plc secondary I-10 Machinery IG-02 9.65 Bn 14.82 2.41 9.56 Bn
23 STN Stantec Inc secondary I-15 Construction Services IG-04 8.30 Bn 12.73 0.79 8.30 Bn
24 AOS Smith A O Corp secondary I-14 Construction Products IG-03 8.13 Bn 16.25 2.14 7.95 Bn
25 ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp secondary I-13 Construction Products IG-03 7.81 Bn 28.30 4.37 7.45 Bn
26 PSN Parsons Corp secondary I-02 Aerospace and Defense IG-01 4.87 Bn 22.70 0.77 4.61 Bn
27 AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 4.32 Bn 250.97 3.62 4.25 Bn
28 FELE Franklin Electric Co Inc secondary I-10 Machinery IG-02 4.31 Bn 27.33 1.95 4.21 Bn
29 ITRI Itron, Inc. secondary I-07 Machinery IG-02 4.23 Bn 14.20 1.84 3.49 Bn
30 BMI Badger Meter Inc secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 3.85 Bn 30.65 4.37 3.76 Bn
31 MWA Mueller Water Products, Inc. secondary I-10 Machinery IG-02 3.73 Bn 16.78 2.52 3.23 Bn
32 CECO Ceco Environmental Corp secondary I-37 Environmental Equipment IG-09 3.09 Bn -109.59 3.42 3.02 Bn
33 HWKN Hawkins Inc secondary M-02 Chemicals MG-01 2.65 Bn 32.86 2.40 2.64 Bn
34 EFXT Enerflex Ltd. secondary E-11 Oilfield Services and Equipment EG-04 2.62 Bn 67.20 1.29 2.57 Bn
35 BBUC Brookfield Business Corp secondary I-15 Construction Services IG-04 2.36 Bn 25.10 0.09 -14.41 Bn
36 GRC Gorman Rupp Co secondary I-10 Machinery IG-02 1.95 Bn 31.28 2.78 1.91 Bn
37 NWPX NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 1.06 Bn 21.72 1.84 1.04 Bn
38 ONT Onterris, Inc. secondary I-33 Waste Management IG-08 0.62 Bn -55.81 0.81 0.61 Bn
39 ERII Energy Recovery, Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.39 Bn 25.43 3.24 0.30 Bn
40 CVEO Civeo Corp secondary I-27 Business Services IG-06 0.37 Bn -27.85 0.54 0.35 Bn
41 CDZI Cadiz Inc secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.34 Bn -8.39 24.00 0.34 Bn
42 AIRJ AirJoule Technologies Corp. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.31 Bn -3.66 — 0.27 Bn
43 CLWT Euro Tech Holdings Co Ltd secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.14 Bn 105.19 10.15 0.11 Bn
44 RNGE Range Impact, Inc. secondary R-19 Property Developers RG-05 0.09 Bn 7.01 22.47 0.08 Bn
45 GEOS Geospace Technologies Corp secondary I-04 Machinery IG-02 0.07 Bn -1.81 0.74 0.06 Bn
46 NEPH Nephros Inc secondary H-06 Medical Devices and Diagnostics HG-02 0.05 Bn 29.76 2.18 0.04 Bn
47 FTEK Fuel Tech, Inc. secondary I-37 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.04 Bn -12.45 1.59 0.02 Bn
48 SCWO 374Water Inc. secondary I-37 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.04 Bn -2.12 21.87 0.04 Bn
49 BEEM Beam Global secondary I-45 Clean Energy Equipment IG-10 0.03 Bn -1.77 1.15 0.03 Bn
50 BCHT Birchtech Corp. secondary I-37 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.02 Bn -6.53 1.18 0.01 Bn
51 CVAT Cavitation Technologies, Inc. secondary I-04 Machinery IG-02 0.01 Bn -11.84 1,295.20 0.01 Bn
52 JBDI JBDI Holdings Ltd secondary I-31 Distribution and Rental IG-07 0.01 Bn — — 0.01 Bn
53 LIQT Liqtech International Inc secondary I-37 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.01 Bn -1.45 0.76 0.00 Bn
54 BNET Bion Environmental Technologies Inc secondary M-04 Chemicals MG-01 0.01 Bn -6.13 — 0.01 Bn
55 WFF WF Holding Ltd secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.01 Bn -2.04 70.12 0.01 Bn
56 QWTR Quest Water Global, Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.01 Bn 10.17 — 0.01 Bn
57 RAIN Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.01 Bn -1.64 1,781.09 0.01 Bn
58 GNOLF Genoil Inc secondary E-11 Oilfield Services and Equipment EG-04 0.01 Bn 0.01 — 0.01 Bn
59 CETI Cyber Enviro-Tech, Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.00 Bn -0.33 — 0.00 Bn
60 DXST Decent Holding Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.00 Bn 0.08 — 0.00 Bn
61 SLND-WT Southland Holdings, Inc. secondary I-15 Construction Services IG-04 0.00 Bn 0.00 0.00 -0.04 Bn
62 CDTG CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Ltd secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.00 Bn -0.05 0.03 0.00 Bn