American Water Works PP&E (Net) increased by 1.6% to $31.07B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 9.5%, from $28.38B to $31.07B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), PP&E (Net) shows an upward trend with a 9.2% CAGR.
An increase indicates ongoing investment in physical capacity, whereas a decline may suggest aging assets or a strategy of asset-light operations.
This metric represents the book value of tangible assets after subtracting accumulated depreciation from the total histo...
Standard line item for all manufacturing and industrial companies; directly comparable across peers.
property_plant_equipment_net| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $20.21B | $20.59B | $21.08B | $21.40B | $22.10B | $22.64B | $23.22B | $23.63B | $24.19B | $24.69B | $25.44B | $26.02B | $26.53B | $27.01B | $28.04B | $28.38B | $28.93B | $29.61B | $30.58B | $31.07B |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.8% | +2.4% | +1.5% | +3.3% | +2.4% | +2.6% | +1.8% | +2.4% | +2.1% | +3.0% | +2.3% | +2.0% | +1.8% | +3.8% | +1.2% | +2.0% | +2.4% | +3.3% | +1.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +9.3% | +10.0% | +10.1% | +10.4% | +9.4% | +9.1% | +9.5% | +10.1% | +9.7% | +9.4% | +10.2% | +9.0% | +9.0% | +9.6% | +9.1% | +9.5% |