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 95.02% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AWK is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• AWK ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 17th percentile.

AWK Stock Summary

• AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY INC's market capitalization of $27,228,724,132 is ahead of 91.83% of US-listed equities.
• Of note is the ratio of AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.53% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For AWK, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 96.22% of US equities we're observing.
• 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, TRP, WEC, VICI, and CMS.
• 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

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, AWK's EV/EBIT ratio is 26.24% lower, now standing at 16.3.
• AWK's price/sales ratio has moved up 5.8 over the prior 178 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AWK.

AWK Growth Metrics

Its year over year price growth rate is now at 0.48%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 9.33%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 1.65%.

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.