American Water Works (AWK)

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water · S&P 500
$128.24 +0.16% on the day Market cap $24.4B 52-week range $120.57 to $145.64 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

American Water Works's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from AWK's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability7
Growth4
Financial health1
Cash efficiency0

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)22.2x
P/E (forward)20.8x
Price / free cash flow—
EV / EBITDA13.3x
Price / sales4.63x
Price / book2.23x
Revenue growth+5.8%
Operating margin37.0%
Net margin21.4%
Return on equity9.7%
Dividend yield2.6%
Debt / equity2.12x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from American Water Works's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$3.9B$3.8B$4.2B$4.7B$5.1B
Net income$1.3B$820M$944M$1.1B$1.1B
Free cash flow-$323M-$1.2B-$701M-$811M-$1.1B
EPS (diluted)$6.95$4.51$4.90$5.39$5.69
Operating margin30.4%33.6%35.5%36.7%36.6%

Superinvestors who own AWK

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $211M0.07%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $9M0.01%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $5M0.01%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $398,9510.00%Q2 2026
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Trimmed $79,2110.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by American Water Works's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Nov 5, 2025 Richard Mccormick
0$131.16—
Nov 5, 2025 Richard Mccormick
0$131.16—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are American Water Works insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of AWK in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own American Water Works?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold AWK in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Hersh Cohen, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.