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

AWK POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where AWK ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 98.56% of US stocks.
• AWK's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 177 days.
• AWK's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 8.4% of US stocks).

AWK Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.4% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For AWK, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 96.56% of US equities we're observing.
• The volatility of AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY INC's share price is greater than that of just 7.17% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY INC, a group of peers worth examining would be PEG, VICI, WEC, CMS, and TRP.
• Visit AWK's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.amwater.com.

AWK Valuation Summary

• AWK's price/sales ratio is 6.6; this is 266.67% higher than that of the median Utilities stock.
• Over the past 182 months, AWK's EV/EBIT ratio has gone down 17.7.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AWK.

AWK Growth Metrics

The year over year revenue growth rate now stands at 1.65%.
• The 4 year revenue growth rate now stands at 9.83%.
• Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 1.51%.

AWK's revenue has moved up $202,000,000 over the prior 33 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
2022-09-30	3,812	1,176	1,318
2022-06-30	3,822	1,117	1,299
2022-03-31	3,884	1,416	1,288
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

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.