American Water Works AWK Price / sales
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Where this comes from
Calculated from American Water Works’s reported figures.
Based on the most recent quarter.
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 price / sales?
- American Water Works (AWK) reported price / sales of 5.1× in Q1 2026.
- How has American Water Works's price / sales changed year-over-year?
- American Water Works's price / sales decreased by 14.5% year-over-year, from 6× to 5.1×.
- What is the long-term trend for American Water Works's price / sales?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), American Water Works's price / sales has grown at a -8.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 31× to 21.9×.
- What does price / sales mean?
- How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
- How do you interpret price / sales?
- Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
- How does price / sales compare across companies?
- Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.