American Water Works Company, Inc.AWK
ASignal's systematic analysis rates AWK as Neutral. American Water Works Company, Inc. has a market cap of $25.23B, a P/E of 23.32, a 21.2% net margin, and 5.7% year-over-year revenue growth.
Reflects the latest available analysis · analyzed Jul 16, 2026
The case on AWK
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- Operating margin of 33.22% indicates strong pricing power
- Gross margin of 60.83% reflects high profitability at the product level
- Forward P/E of 19.70x suggests valuation improvement relative to current earnings
- EV/EBITDA of 14.37x is reasonable for a regulated utility with stable cash flows
- Dividend yield of 3.58% provides income appeal
- Negative free cash flow of $-1.90B raises sustainability concerns
- Debt-to-equity ratio of 1.42x indicates high leverage
- Current ratio of 0.37x and quick ratio of 0.28x signal weak short-term liquidity
- Earnings declining YoY by 4.80% despite revenue growth
- MACD below signal line with negative histogram suggests weakening momentum
- Price below 20-day and 50-day moving averages indicates near-term downtrend
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