American Water Works Company, Inc.

Utilities
Water Supply
www.amwater.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score
Final Score

Market Cap $29.32B
PE 27
Debt $14.32B
Cash $157.00M
EV $43.48B
FCF -$801.00M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$1.07B
EBIT	$1.76B
ROE	10%
ROA	5%
FCF	-$801.00M
Equity	$10.53B
Growth Stability	95%
PE	27.38
PEG	3.49
PB	2.78
P/FCF	-36.61
P/S	6.09
Price/Cash	0.01
Debt/Equity	1.36
Debt/FCF	-17.87
Net Margins	18%
Op. Margins	37%
Earnings CAGR	12%
Sales Growth YoY	13%
Sales Growth QoQ	-5%
Sales CAGR	4%
Equity CAGR	8%
Earnings Stability	0.77
Earnings Growth YoY	11%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-14%

Earnings CAGR 5Y	8%
Sales CAGR 5Y	5%
Equity CAGR 5Y	13%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	9%
Sales CAGR 3Y	9%
Equity CAGR 3Y	13%
Market Cap	$29.32B
Revenue	$4.82B
Dividend Yield	2%
Payout Ratio	56%
Assets	$33.16B
Total Debt	$14.32B
Cash	$157.00M
Shares Outstanding	195M
EV	43.48B
Earnings Score	91%
Moat Score	83%
Safety Score	66%
Final Score	80%
Working Capital	-1.25B
Current Ratio	0.49
Shares Growth 3y	3%
Equity Growth QoQ	2%
Equity Growth YoY	5%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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American Water Works is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility, serving approximately 3.5 million customers in 16 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's only nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts.

SEC Filings

Direct access to American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of American Water Works Company, Inc. compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 12%

Stability 77%

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American Water Works Company, Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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= -$8B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	-$801M	-$801M	-$801M	-$801M	-$801M	-$801M	-$801M	-$801M	-$801M	-$801M	-$801M	-$8B
DCF		-$728M	-$662M	-$602M	-$547M	-$497M	-$452M	-$411M	-$374M	-$340M	-$309M	-$3.1B
Value	-$8B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	15%	14%	13%	16%	17%	19%	32%	22%	22%	22%	18%
ROA	-	6%	6%	5%	5%	5%	6%	5%	5%	5%	5%
ROE	-	9%	8%	10%	10%	11%	17%	11%	10%	10%	10%

Good Net Margins (17.95%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	-204.94	515.27	-43.1	-34.97	-27.7	-34.11	-10.44	-18.11	-17.35	-17.87
Debt over Equity	1.3	1.37	1.44	1.47	1.55	1.7	1.51	1.61	1.3	1.36	1.36
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	95%	100%	100%	95%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (-17.87)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (1.36)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Good Graham’s Stability (95%)

The company has a good stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a good competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	5%	2%	2%	5%	5%	4%	-4%	12%	11%	5%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-2%	-9%	33%	10%	14%	78%	-35%	15%	11%	8%
Equity YoY growth	-	3%	3%	9%	4%	5%	13%	5%	27%	5%	13%
FCF YoY growth	-	-284%	-143%	-1K%	36%	46%	-18%	268%	-41%	16%	-