American Water Works Company, Inc. · Water Supply

AWK

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The short version

A profitable company with steady sales.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Sales up 10% last year
Raised its dividend (2.3% yield)

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 7.9% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (516 bought, 524 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$141.72-0.7% that day

Company value: $28.2B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 24.6x; You pay about $25 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 5.3x; Company value is 5.3 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 2.3%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 1%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 45%; Debt as a share of company value

From AWK's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$1.4B+6.1% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $5.3B, up 7.3% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 6.5% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of AWK. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+7% a yearRecently: +7.3% a yearProfit margin21%Last 12 months: 21.4%P/E at the end25xToday: 24.6x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change+2% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$7.4B

Profit in 5 years$1.6B

Price these guesses point to$176.96+25% vs $141.72 todayAbout +4.5% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 21% margin and a 25x P/E, sales would have to grow about 2.4% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

2/6Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.10.5%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.1.18x equity
PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.21.7%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$1.1B
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+7.1% in 3 years

Revenue: $5.1B; +10.1% vs prior year
5-year growth: +6.5%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $12.8B; 1.18x equity
Current ratio: 0.46x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026

Reported Jul 29

Revenue: $1.4B; +6.1% YoY
EPS: $1.61; vs $1.48
Op. margin: 40.1%; +1.7 pts
Free cash flow: -$258.0M
Share count: +0.5%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 1
Normal week: 1.8
vs normal: 0.6x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Steady+7.9%

Institutions added 7.9% to their holdings. 516 bought, 524 sold. 5 quarters of net buying in a row.

Shares held by institutions204.1M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

+0.7%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

1.2x · $14.0B debt

Shares outstandingLatest reported

199M

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportIn 1 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedJul 29
Results filedApr 29
Results filedFeb 18
Results filedOct 29, 2025
Results filedJul 30, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

Offering prospectusSep 14 · View filing ↗Offering 5%+ holder update (passive)Aug 13 · View filing ↗Big holder Offering prospectusMay 18 · View filing ↗Offering

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

425Oct 27 · Form 425 ↗425Oct 15 · Form 425 ↗425Oct 8 · Form 425 ↗425Oct 8 · Form 425 ↗425Oct 8 · Form 425 ↗425Sep 18 · Form 425 ↗Other company newsSep 17 · Form 8-K ↗425Sep 17 · Form 425 ↗Other company newsSep 16 · Form 8-K ↗Offering prospectusSep 15 · Form 424B2 ↗Offering prospectusSep 14 · Form 424B5 ↗FWPSep 14 · Form FWP ↗Other company newsSep 9 · Form 8-K ↗425Sep 8 · Form 425 ↗Investor disclosureAug 31 · Form 8-K ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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