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American Water Works AWK Operating Cash Flow

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.2B+5.7%
Operating income$391.0M+5.4%
Net income$196.0M-4.4%
EPS (diluted)$1.00-4.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$171.0M+8.9%
Total debt$14.2B-1.3%
Total equity$11.0B+4.8%
Total assets$35.3B+6.4%

Cash flow

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CapEx$659.0M+20.3%
Free cash flow-$354.0M-63.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$25.7B-1.0%
Enterprise value$39.73B-0.1%
P/E23.3×-0.6×
P/S4.9×-0.3×

Profitability

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Operating margin36.5%-0.1pp
Net margin21.2%-1.1pp
FCF margin-23.1%+14.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.2%-0.2pp
Debt / equity1.3×-0.1×
Current ratio0.4×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by American Water Works in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

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 operating cash flow?
American Water Works (AWK) reported operating cash flow of $305M in Q1 2026.
How has American Water Works's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?
American Water Works's operating cash flow decreased by 7.9% year-over-year, from $331M to $305M.
What is the long-term trend for American Water Works's operating cash flow?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), American Water Works's operating cash flow has grown at a 9.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.44B to $2.06B.
What does operating cash flow mean?
Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.