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Also trades as: 0HEW.L (LSE) · $vol 0M · AWC.DE (XETRA) · $vol 0M

AWK NYSE

American Water Works Company, Inc.
1W: +3.9% 1M: +9.4% 3M: +2.8% YTD: +9.0% 1Y: +0.3% 3Y: +28.4% 5Y: -10.8%
$141.10
-0.60 (-0.42%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.9%
$132 $137 $143 $148 $154
NYSE · Utilities · Regulated Water · Tech Score Buy · Power 70 · $28.0B mcap · 198M float · 1.08% daily turnover · Short 74% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 73% of companies Debt: 36.4% of company value Bonds: $146.8M held by 246 funds, 69 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $4.12 (down 97%), American Water Works Company, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $16.06B against a stock market value of $28.04B.
Distance to default 8.17 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $8.97B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 22.9%; Altman Z'' 0.83. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.
#1 of 22
Regulated Water
Utilities · Large Cap · 5 peers
Market Share
34.4%
Top 4 Concentration: 78.1%

Technical Signal Map

5 Bullish
0 Neutral
1 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. $28B 24.4 10.1 5.6 23.2 6.9 8 BULLISH 0.3
WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. $12B 21.8 8.1 5.5 19.9 9.9 6 BULLISH 4.4
UUGWF United Utilities Group PLC $15B 17.5 27.7 6.9 26.5 -33.2 8 BULLISH 32.5
SVTRF Severn Trent Plc $13B 26.1 20.5 5.1 10.3 16.8 7 BULLISH 15.9
STRNY Severn Trent PLC $13B 26.1 20.6 5.1 10.3 17.4 7 BULLISH 15.5
SBS Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP $22B 2.2 18.4 11.8 14.2 -14.1 4 BEARISH -80.7

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

AWK vs Benchmarks

ROIC
AWK
5.6
Industry
5.6
Gross Margin
AWK
75.5
Industry
47.9
Op Margin
AWK
40.0
Industry
28.4
Net Margin
AWK
23.2
Industry
17.7
Sector
14.9
Revenue Growth
AWK
6.9
Sector
8.1
P/E Ratio
AWK
24.4
Sector
20.7
ROE
AWK
10.1
Sector
10.6
Piotroski F
AWK
8.0
Sector
7.0

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