American Water/$AWK
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About American Water
American Water Works is the largest investor-owned US water and wastewater utility, serving nearly 4 million customers in 14 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts with regulated-like returns. The proposed Essential Utilities acquisition would add regulated water and wastewater utilities in Ohio, North Carolina, and Texas while increasing its presence in Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia.
- Ticker
- $AWK
- Sector
- Utilities
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 7,000
- Headquarters
- Camden, United States
- Website
- www.amwater.com
American Water Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$28B
24.34
$5.77
0.58
$3.45
2.55%
Price and volume
Market cap
$28B
Beta
0.58
52-week high
$145.64
52-week low
$120.57
Average daily volume
2.4M
Dividend rate
$3.45
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.523
Quick ratio
0.396
Long term debt to equity
121.012
Total debt to equity
137.745
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
58.33%
Interest coverage (TTM)
3.04%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
2,913
Gross margin (TTM)
61.47%
Net profit margin (TTM)
21.35%
Operating margin (TTM)
37.45%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
21.67%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$750,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
3.52%
Return on equity (TTM)
10.10%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
24.335
Price to revenue (TTM)
5.194
Price to book
2.39
Price to tangible book (TTM)
2.69
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
-26.645
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
-3.75%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
-5.269
Dividend yield (TTM)
2.45%
Forward dividend yield
2.55%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
6.92%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
3.94%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
9.29%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
4.98%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
6.27%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
7.72%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
8.12%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
9.25%
What the Analysts think about American Water
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Completed the strategic Nexus Water Group acquisition on June 1, 2026 for approximately $315 million, adding roughly 47 000 customer connections across eight states—including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia—bolstering American Water’s footprint and rate base diversification (SEC Form 8-K).
Delivered robust Q2 2026 results with GAAP EPS of $1.61, up 8.8% year-over-year from $1.48, while affirming full-year EPS guidance of $6.02–$6.12 and long-term targets, reflecting strong regulatory execution and rate case wins to support earnings growth (PR Newswire).
Secured an annual revenue increase of approximately $74.9 million from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s rate case decision in July 2026, enhancing the company’s cash flow profile and supporting critical infrastructure investments across its Pennsylvania subsidiary (MarketTitan).
Merger integration risks remain high as the proposed all-stock merger with Essential Utilities has only secured approvals from Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia so far, with pending regulatory clearances in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Texas, New Jersey, and Illinois and Hart-Scott-Rodino clearance required before the end of Q1 2027, potentially delaying expected synergies and increasing closing conditions (SEC Form 8-K).
First-quarter 2026 adjusted EPS of $1.01 missed Wall Street estimates as higher operating expenses, depreciation, and financing costs pressured margins, underscoring execution challenges in controlling costs amid ongoing infrastructure investments (Reuters).
American Water is party to PFAS multidistrict litigation (MDL) and forecasts up to $2 billion of PFAS-related capital expenditures and $50 million of annual operating costs through 2030 to remediate ‘forever chemical’ contamination, which may strain free cash flow and earnings power (Investor Presentation).
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 14 Aug 2026.
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Funds containing American Water
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | $AWK weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares Global Water€IQQQ | €1.8B | 8.16% |
iShares Global Water£IH2O | £1.6B | 8.16% |
iShares S&P 500 Utilities Sector£IUSU | £1B | 2.04% |
iShares S&P 500 Utilities Sector€2B7A | €1.2B | 1.89% |
SPDR MSCI World Utilities€WUTI | €72M | 1.25% |
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