About american water works co. inc. - AWK
American Water Works Co., Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of water and wastewater services. It operates through the Regulated Businesses and Other segments. The Regulated Businesses segment offers water and wastewater services to customers. The Other segment focuses on corporate costs that are not allocated to the operating segments, eliminations of inter-segment transactions, fair value adjustments, and associated income and deductions related to the acquisitions for evaluation of performance and allocation of resource purposes. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, NJ.
AWK At a Glance
American Water Works Co., Inc.
1 Water Street
Camden, New Jersey 08102-1658
| Phone | 1-856-955-4001 | Revenue | 4.68B | |
| Industry | Water Utilities | Net Income | 1.05B | |
| Sector | Utilities | 2024 Sales Growth | 10.628% | |
| Fiscal Year-end | 12 / 2025 | Employees | 6,700 | |
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AWK Valuation
| P/E Current | 27.274 |
| P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) | N/A |
| P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) | 23.098 |
| Price to Sales Ratio | 5.183 |
| Price to Book Ratio | 2.349 |
| Price to Cash Flow Ratio | 11.871 |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 15.24 |
| Enterprise Value to Sales | 8.154 |
| Total Debt to Enterprise Value | 0.37 |
AWK Efficiency
| Revenue/Employee | 699,104.478 |
| Income Per Employee | 156,865.672 |
| Receivables Turnover | 6.196 |
| Total Asset Turnover | 0.144 |
AWK Liquidity
| Current Ratio | 0.386 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.353 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.062 |
AWK Profitability
| Gross Margin | 43.51 |
| Operating Margin | 36.678 |
| Pretax Margin | 29.014 |
| Net Margin | 22.438 |
| Return on Assets | 3.23 |
| Return on Equity | 10.443 |
| Return on Total Capital | 4.299 |
| Return on Invested Capital | 4.722 |
AWK Capital Structure
| Total Debt to Total Equity | 136.595 |
| Total Debt to Total Capital | 57.734 |
| Total Debt to Total Assets | 41.692 |
| Long-Term Debt to Equity | 121.922 |
| Long-Term Debt to Total Capital | 51.532 |
American Water Works Co. Inc. in the News
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