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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)

As-reported financials and recent SEC filings for American Water Works Company, Inc., latest fiscal period FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About American Water Works Company, Inc.

American Water Works Company, Inc. is a publicly traded water and wastewater utility company serving approximately 14 million people in 24 states. The company owns and operates regulated utilities that provide drinking water, wastewater, and related services to residential, commercial, industrial, public authority, and fire service customers. Its services include water treatment and delivery, as well as wastewater collection and treatment, primarily through its Regulated Businesses segment.

Snapshot

Revenue
$5.12B
Revenue growth (YoY)
10.1%
Net income
$1.11B
Diluted EPS
$5.69
Gross margin
Operating margin
36.7%
Net margin
21.7%
FCF margin
-20.8%
ROE
10.3%
P/E (TTM)
23.9×
Market cap
Debt / equity
1.2×

Fundamentals are from SEC filings. P/E and market cap are derived from recent market prices, refreshed on a rolling basis (typically within the past week).

What changed at American Water Works

  • Revenue grew 10.1% to $5.1B in FY2025, in line with the 10.3% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 36.7% in FY2025, +6.1 pp against 30.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $1.2B, up 6.1% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $1.1B in FY2025.
  • Net income rose 5.7% to $1.1B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where American Water Works’s fundamentals sit among the 98 Utilities companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin36.7%
92nd percentile of 86
Net margin21.7%
86th percentile of 91
FCF margin-20.8%
16th percentile of 76
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.1%
59th percentile of 94
ROE10.3%
66th percentile of 89
P/E (TTM)23.9×
61st percentile of 83
Debt / equity1.18×
45th percentile of 84
Short interest5.48d
52nd percentile of 98

American Water Works’s operating margin of 36.7% ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 86 Utilities companies reporting it. American Water Works’s net margin of 21.7% ranks in the 86th percentile of the 91 Utilities companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 7 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F (latest Q1 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
0 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
5
4 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$173.2M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ1 2026$85.2M625.9KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ1 2026$41.0M301.2KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ1 2026$19.5M143.3KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ1 2026$9.3M68.3KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ1 2026$8.3M61.0KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ1 2026$7.8M57.0KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ1 2026$1.8M13.3KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ1 2026$244,8261.8KReduced
First Eagle Investment ManagementQ1 2026$83,831616Added

No longer held by: Bridgewater Associates (as of Q1 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
11.0M
settled 2026-07-15
Change vs prior
-0.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.48
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
2.0M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-07-1511.0M-0.2%5.48
2026-06-3011.0M+10.4%4.15
2026-06-1510.0M-10.1%4.63
2026-05-2911.1M+0.4%5.58
2026-05-1511.1M+12.4%5.98
2026-04-309.9M-1.3%5.43
2026-04-1510.0M-0.9%4.95
2026-03-3110.1M+1.5%5.38

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$5.12B$4.65B$4.22B$3.76B$3.91B
Gross profit
Operating income$1.88B$1.72B$1.50B$1.27B$1.20B
Net income$1.11B$1.05B$944.0M$820.0M$1.26B
Diluted EPS$5.69$5.39$4.90$4.51$6.95

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$98.0M$96.0M$330.0M$85.0M$116.0M
Current assets$2.19B$1.22B$1.39B$1.25B$1.55B
Total assets$35.44B$32.83B$30.30B$27.79B$26.07B
Current liabilities$4.75B$3.15B$2.15B$2.81B$2.14B
Long-term debt$12.78B$12.52B$11.71B$10.93B$10.34B
Total liabilities$24.61B$22.50B$20.50B$20.09B$18.78B
Total equity$10.84B$10.33B$9.80B$7.69B$7.30B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$2.06B$2.04B$1.87B$1.11B$1.44B
Capital expenditure$3.13B$2.86B$2.58B$2.30B$1.76B
Free cash flow$-1.07B$-811.0M$-701.0M$-1.19B$-323.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$1.20B6.1%$196.0M$1.00
Q4 FY2025$1.27B7.5%$238.0M$1.22
Q3 FY2025$1.45B9.5%$379.0M$1.94
Q2 FY2025$1.27B11.6%$289.0M$1.48
Q1 FY2025$1.13B13.1%$205.0M$1.05
Q4 FY2024$1.18B14.1%$239.0M$1.23
Q3 FY2024$1.33B13.5%$350.0M$1.80
Q2 FY2024$1.14B4.8%$277.0M$1.42

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorUtilities
SIC industryWater Supply
Fiscal year endDecember 31
Latest fiscal periodFY2025
SEC filings since2015
SEC CIK1410636

Recent SEC filings

10-K2026-02-18
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10-K2025-02-19
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10-Q2026-04-29
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10-Q2025-10-29
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10-Q2025-07-30
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10-Q2025-04-30
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8-K2026-07-16
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8-K/A2026-07-06
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR (public domain). Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.