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American Water Works AWK Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin36.5%-0.1pp36.6%-0.4pp37%+0.5pp36.5%-0.1pp36.6%-0.1pp
Net margin21.2%-0.4pp21.6%-0.3pp21.9%0.0pp21.9%-0.3pp22.2%-0.2pp
Returns
Return on equity10.2%-0.3pp10.5%0.0pp10.5%+0.1pp10.4%0.0pp10.4%0.0pp
Return on invested capital6%-0.1pp6%0.0pp6%+0.1pp5.9%+0.1pp5.8%-0.1pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio0.4×-0.1×0.5×0.0×0.4×+0.1×0.4×-0.1×0.5×+0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.3×0.0×1.3×0.0×1.3×0.0×1.3×-0.1×1.4×+0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA-0.2×5.2×+0.1×5.1×-0.2×5.2×-0.3×5.5×+0.2×
Per Share
Book value per share$56.60+1.8%$55.57-0.6%$55.93+2.1%$54.78+1.4%$54.02+2.0%
Valuation
Market capitalization$26.58B+4.3%$25.47B-6.2%$27.16B-2.1%$27.73B-3.6%$28.77B+18.6%
Price / earnings24.1×+1.2×22.9×-1.5×24.4×-1.2×25.6×-1.3×26.9×+3.8×
Price / sales5.1×+0.2×-0.4×5.4×-0.3×5.6×-0.4×+0.8×
Price / book2.4×+0.1×2.4×-0.1×2.5×-0.1×2.6×-0.1×2.7×+0.4×
EV / EBITDA14.4×+0.1×14.3×-0.6×15×-0.7×15.7×-1.0×16.7×+1.7×
Dividend yield2.4%-0.1pp2.5%+0.2pp2.3%+0.1pp2.2%+0.1pp2.1%-0.3pp

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Where do American Water Works's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from American Water Works's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.