American Water Works Company, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
AWK on NYSE
Location
Camden, NJ
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
18 Feb 2026

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AWK - American Water Works Company, Inc. Financial Facts

AWK - American Water Works Company, Inc. has a source-backed company facts page for reviewing reported financial metrics, periods, and linked metric histories.

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Invested Capital 6.3%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Latest metrics period Q4 2025
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  • Current latest metrics period: Q4 2025.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date on this page: 09 Feb 2026.
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Latest update

Latest update for AWK - American Water Works Company, Inc.

New fact period available

Latest financial period: Q4 2025. Reopen this facts page to verify the newest reported period against the prior baseline.

Update date

18 Feb 2026

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Company facts

Latest period

Q4 2025

SEC-backed company facts were refreshed from filings filed on 18 Feb 2026.

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Benchmark Context

How Return On Invested Capital compares

Return On Invested Capital is up about 4.9% versus the comparable prior period.

Compared with

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Why this is notable

Return On Invested Capital already has a self-history signal here, but same-industry benchmark context waits until the benchmark sample is strong enough.

  • Latest comparable period on this page: Q4 2025.
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How to read key metrics on this page

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Plain-English Guide

How to read Net Income on this page

Net income is profit after operating costs, interest, taxes, and other non-operating items.

Why people care

It is the bottom-line profit figure many users recognize first, especially when they want to compare earnings with sales or cash flow.

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Quick Takeaways

  • AWK - American Water Works Company, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 6.3%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: +4.9%.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 09 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
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Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-09) highlights Return On Invested Capital 6.3%, Return On Equity 10.5%, and Return On Assets 3.3%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

26.2/100

Weak Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

6.3%

Metric score 9.0/100

Return On Equity

10%

Metric score 14.7/100

Return On Assets

3.3%

Metric score 15.7/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.46x
Quick Ratio
0.1x
Debt to Equity
1.18x

Strengths

No strong signals yet.

Watchpoints

Return On Invested Capital, Return On Equity, and Return On Assets

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 6.3% +4.9%
Return On Equity 10% +0.52%
Return On Assets 3.2% -2.3%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.46x +20%
Quick Ratio 0.1x -36%
Debt-to-equity 1.18x -2.7%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
NetIncomeLoss YoY 5.7%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 195,208,666 +0.13%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $2,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 195,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 195,000,000 0%

Supporting Metrics

These supporting metrics stay fully source-backed for deeper research. Scan the latest value and reported period first, then open a metric page when you need the full filing trail.

Metric Latest value YoY change
Accounts Payable, Current $378,000,000 +9.2%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $395,000,000 -5%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $830,000,000 +4.9%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $6,000,000 -50%
Assets $35,442,000,000 +8%
Assets, Current $2,191,000,000 +80%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $98,000,000 +2.1%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $139,000,000 -0.71%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 500,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 200,605,170 +0.12%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $1,105,000,000 +1.5%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $19,000,000 -52%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $19,000,000 +36%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $1,092,000,000 +6.1%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $1,083,000,000 +6.1%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $215,000,000 +68%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $9,000,000 +12%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 5.69 +5.6%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 5.69 +5.6%
Goodwill $1,156,000,000 +1%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $1,422,000,000 +4.6%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $311,000,000 +0.97%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $8,000,000 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $11,000,000 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $9,000,000 -10%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $11,000,000 +10%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $46,000,000 -2.1%
Liabilities and Equity $35,442,000,000 +8%
Liabilities, Current $4,747,000,000 +51%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $12,777,000,000 +2.1%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $457,000,000 -27%
Operating Income (Loss) $1,879,000,000 +9.4%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $74,000,000 -2.6%
Operating Lease, Payments $12,000,000 +9.1%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $85,000,000 -4.5%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.05 0%
Other Assets, Current $328,000,000 +42%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $302,000,000 -24%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $166,000,000 -40%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $2,575,000,000 +22%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $10,837,000,000 +4.9%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $116,000,000 -43%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY