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.

	Q1 '26	Q4 '25	Q3 '25	Q2 '25	Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin	36.5%-0.1pp	36.6%-0.1pp	37%+1.1pp	36.5%+0.9pp	36.6%+1.0pp
Net margin	21.2%-1.1pp	21.6%-0.8pp	21.9%+0.2pp	21.9%0.0pp	22.2%0.0pp
EBITDA margin	54.1%+0.5pp	53.9%+0.4pp	54.1%+1.4pp	53.6%+1.0pp	53.6%+1.2pp
Free cash flow margin	-23.1%-6.5pp	-20.8%-3.4pp	-18.5%-0.2pp	-18.4%+0.5pp	-16.6%-0.5pp
Returns
Return on equity	10.2%-0.2pp	10.5%+0.1pp	10.5%+0.8pp	10.4%+0.8pp	10.4%+0.6pp
Return on assets	3.2%-0.1pp	3.3%-0.1pp	3.3%+0.2pp	3.3%+0.2pp	3.3%+0.1pp
Return on invested capital	6%+0.1pp	6%+0.1pp	6%+0.4pp	5.9%+0.3pp	5.8%+0.1pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover	0.2×0.0×	0.2×0.0×	0.2×0.0×	0.2×0.0×	0.1×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio	0.4×-0.1×	0.5×+0.1×	0.4×-0.2×	0.4×-0.3×	0.5×-0.4×
Quick ratio	0.4×-0.1×	0.5×+0.1×	0.4×-0.2×	0.4×-0.3×	0.5×-0.4×
Cash ratio	0×0.0×	0×0.0×	0.1×0.0×	0×0.0×	0.1×-0.3×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity	1.3×-0.1×	1.3×0.0×	1.3×+0.1×	1.3×+0.1×	1.4×+0.1×
Debt-to-assets	0.4×0.0×	0.4×0.0×	0.4×0.0×	0.4×0.0×	0.4×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA	5×-0.5×	5.2×-0.2×	5.1×-0.3×	5.2×-0.3×	5.5×+0.2×
Interest coverage	3×-0.3×	3.1×-0.2×	3.2×0.0×	3.2×0.0×	3.2×0.0×
Per Share
Book value per share	$56.60+4.8%	$55.57+4.9%	$55.93+5.3%	$54.78+5.2%	$54.02+5.3%
Valuation
Market capitalization	$26.58B-7.6%	$25.47B+5.0%	$27.16B-4.8%	$27.73B+10.1%	$28.77B+20.7%
Enterprise value	$40.61B-5.6%	$39.77B+5.8%	$41.05B-0.3%	$41.54B+10.1%	$43B+20.0%
Price / earnings	24.1×-2.7×	22.9×-0.2×	24.4×-4.6×	25.6×-0.7×	26.9×+2.0×
Price / sales	5.1×-0.9×	5×-0.2×	5.4×-1.0×	5.6×-0.2×	6×+0.4×
Price / book	2.4×-0.3×	2.4×0.0×	2.5×-0.3×	2.6×+0.1×	2.7×+0.3×
EV / EBITDA	14.4×-2.2×	14.3×-0.7×	15×-2.4×	15.7×-0.8×	16.7×+0.8×
EV / sales	7.8×-1.1×	7.7×-0.3×	8.1×-1.0×	8.4×-0.2×	8.9×+0.6×
Free cash flow yield	-4.5%-1.7pp	-4.2%-0.8pp	-3.5%-0.6pp	-3.3%0.0pp	-2.8%+0.1pp
Earnings yield	4.1%+0.4pp	4.4%0.0pp	4.1%+0.6pp	3.9%+0.1pp	3.7%-0.3pp
Dividend yield	2.4%+0.4pp	2.5%+0.1pp	2.3%+0.3pp	2.2%0.0pp	2.1%-0.2pp
PEG ratio	8.3×+6.0×	4×+2.0×	1.9×-2.4×	1.9×-1.9×	2.3×+0.7×

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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.