Question 1

Which is bigger, AWK or DUK?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $26.8B for American Water Works Company, Inc.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AWK or DUK?

Accepted Answer

AWK keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 21.3% vs 15.8% for DUK.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AWK or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DUK trades at a lower P/E — 18.0 vs 23.7 for AWK. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, AWK or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK yields 3.58% vs 2.46% for AWK.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AWK or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, AWK leads 6 of 11 comparable metrics and DUK leads 5. StockCV rates AWK “Strained” and DUK “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	AWK	DUK
Price	$134.94	$121.35
Market cap	$26.8B	$94.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$5.28B	$33.3B
Revenue growth	+10.7%	+3.9%
Net margin	21.3%	15.8%
Free cash flow	-$1.03B	-$4.27B
Net cash (debt)	($14.3B)	($82.5B)
1-year price return	-5.8%	-4.7%
P/E	23.7	18.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	65%	95%
Dividend yield	2.46%	3.58%
Return on equity	10%	10%
Altman Z-score	0.98	0.56
CV checks passed	8 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	7,000	26,441

American Water Works Company, Inc vs Duke Energy Corporation