American Water Works AWK Free cash flow yield
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Where this comes from
Calculated from American Water Works’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: American Water Works’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is American Water Works's free cash flow yield?
- American Water Works (AWK) reported free cash flow yield of -4.5% in Q1 2026.
- How has American Water Works's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
- American Water Works's free cash flow yield decreased by 62.7% year-over-year, from -2.8% to -4.5%.
- What is the long-term trend for American Water Works's free cash flow yield?
- Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), American Water Works's free cash flow yield has grown at a 2.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -13.1% to -13.7%.
- What does free cash flow yield mean?
- The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
- How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
- Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
- How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
- Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.