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AWK Financials American Water Works

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 6.5% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown faster than revenue (9.4% vs 6.5% per year).
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 36.7% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Total debt has grown faster than revenue (10.8% vs 6.5% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 3.1× in the latest year.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 15 consecutive years, consuming 57.0% of earnings.
  • The dividend has grown 10.2% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
$0 $3B $5B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 18% 37% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$1B -$524M $141M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $5B $11B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$3B -$660M $2B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $5.1B $1.1B 0.0% 36.7% -$1.1B $98M
2024 $4.7B $1.1B 0.0% 36.9% -$811M $96M
2023 $4.2B $944M 0.0% 35.7% -$701M $330M
2022 $3.8B $820M 0.0% 33.8% -$1.2B $85M
2021 $3.9B $1.3B 0.0% 30.6% -$323M $116M
2020 $3.7B $709M 0.0% 33.3% -$396M $10.9B $547M
2019 $3.6B $621M 0.0% 33.8% -$271M $9.4B $60M
2018 $3.4B $567M 0.0% 32.3% -$200M $8.6B $130M
2017 $426M $15M $7.7B $55M
2016 $468M -$22M $7.2B $75M
2015 $476M $35M $6.5B $45M
2014 $423M $141M $5.9B $23M
2013 $369M -$84M $5.9B $27M
2012 $358M $27M $5.6B $24M
2011 $310M -$117M $5.9B $14M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced AWK against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 17.7 35.3 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 3.8 7.7 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 1.3 2.6 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is AWK growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, American Water Works's revenue has grown 6.5% per year, and net income grown 9.4% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does AWK have?

As of FY2025, American Water Works reported — of total debt against $98M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 3.1×.

What is AWK's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 36.7%, and net margin 21.7%.

What is AWK's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, American Water Works traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 22.9× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.