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American Water Works Company, Inc. AWK

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
13 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
$5.1B
▲ 10.1% YoY
$1.1B
▲ 5.7% YoY
$-1.1B
In brief

What this company does

The Company provides drinking water, wastewater and other related services to approximately 14 million people in 24 states. It employs approximately 7,000 professionals. The Company conducts the majority of its business through regulated utilities that provide water and wastewater services, collectively presented as one reportable segment, referred to as the "Regulated Businesses." The Company also operates other businesses that provide water and wastewater services to the U.S. government on military installations, as well as municipalities. American Water has a history dating back to 1886.

Written from the business description in American Water Works Company, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 18 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 5.1B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 5.1 · Net income 1.1
2B4B2008201120142017202020232025
Compound annual growth
+10.8%
+6.5%
+4.9%
+4.7%
+10.7%
+9.4%
+8.8%
+9.9%
+8.1%
+7.8%
+8.0%
+9.2%
+8.1%
+8.5%
+9.3%
+9.4%
+10.7%
+10.2%
+5.7%
+10.1%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +6.5% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +9.4%, earnings per share at +7.8%.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
22 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 36.7% · Net 21.7%
10%20%30%-10%-20%2008201120142017202020232025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 10.5%
5%10%15%-5%-10%2008201120142017202020232025

Each USD of equity produced 10 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 633.0M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $B
FY2025 · FCF -1.1
0.05B0.10B-0.40B-0.80B2008201120142017202020232025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 633.0 · Net buybacks —
250.0M500.0M-50.0M-100.0MDividendsNet buybacks2008201120142017202020232025

USD 633.0M in dividends — 57% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 35.4B
EquityUSD 10.8B
CashUSD 98.0M
Gross debtUSD 14.4B
Net debtUSD 14.3B
Current ratio0.46×

Net debt stands at 132% of equity.

The 18-year record
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008
Revenue $B5.14.74.23.83.93.73.63.43.43.33.23.02.92.92.72.62.32.3
Operating income $B1.91.71.51.31.21.21.21.11.31.11.11.00.90.90.80.70.2−0.2
EBITDA $B2.82.52.21.91.81.91.81.61.71.61.51.41.41.31.21.10.50.1
Income tax $B0.30.30.30.20.40.20.20.20.50.30.30.30.20.30.20.20.10.1
Net income $B1.11.10.90.81.30.70.60.60.40.50.50.40.40.40.30.3−0.2−0.6
Free cash flow $B−1.1−0.8−0.7−1.2−0.3−0.4−0.3−0.20.0−0.00.00.1−0.10.0−0.10.0−0.2−0.5
EPS, diluted $5.695.394.904.516.953.913.433.152.382.622.642.352.062.011.751.53−1.39−3.52
Dividend / sh $3.313.062.832.622.412.202.001.821.661.501.361.241.120.981.130.860.820.40
Payout %57565657345557566856505140605156−59−11
ROE %10.510.410.810.918.411.310.410.18.09.19.68.88.08.27.46.6−5.7−13.7
Shares out B···········0.180.180.180.180.170.17·

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Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 70 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 18 of 19 fiscal years. 6 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityWater Supply
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2008

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