American Water Works Co. (AWK): Price and Financial Metrics

AWK POWR Grades

• AWK scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 80.08% of US stocks.
• AWK's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• AWK ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 33rd percentile.

AWK Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $29,882,857,520, American Water Works Company Inc has a greater market value than 90.72% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of American Water Works Company Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.5% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for American Water Works Company Inc is higher than it is for about 95.79% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to AWK, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are FE, WEC, CMS, OKE, and ESS.
• AWK's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit American Water Works Company Inc's official web site, go to www.amwater.com.

AWK Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, AWK's price/earnings ratio is 98.67% higher, now standing at 44.7.
• AWK's price/sales ratio has moved up 7.1 over the prior 163 months.
• AWK's price/sales ratio has moved up 7.1 over the prior 163 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AWK.

AWK Growth Metrics

The 5 year revenue growth rate now stands at 13.64%.
• The year over year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -87.59%.
• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 32.23%.

AWK's revenue has moved up $592,000,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows AWK's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	3,930	1,441	1,263
2021-09-30	3,902	1,467	763
2021-06-30	3,889	1,415	749
2021-03-31	3,821	1,425	718
2020-12-31	3,777	1,426	709
2020-09-30	3,756	1,426	662

AWK's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• AWK has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 37.78% of graded US stocks.
• AWK's asset turnover comes in at 0.157 -- ranking 82nd of 105 Utilities stocks.
• MGEE, AQN, and FE are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AWK.

The table below shows AWK's key quality metrics over time.