# American Water Works Company, Inc (AWK) — Stock CV

American Water Works Company, Inc is a $25.6B utility company. Revenue grew 6.9% over the last year, it keeps 21¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and it carries $14.3B of net debt. It trades at 22.7× earnings — in the cheapest third of its own history.

> American Water Works is the largest investor-owned US water and wastewater utility, serving nearly 4 million customers in 14 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: AWK
- **Sector**: Utilities
- **Industry**: Water Supply
- **Headquarters**: CAMDEN, NJ
- **Employees**: 7 000
- **Website**: https://www.amwater.com
- **Market cap**: $25.6B
- **Last price**: $128.88
- **Financial profile**: Strained

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $5.28B
- **Net income**: $1.13B
- **Free cash flow**: -$1.03B
- **Net debt**: $14.3B
- **P/E**: 22.7
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 6.9%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 60 |
| Growth | 36 |
| Profitability | 67 |
| Health | 18 |
| Quality | 59 |
| Moat | 25 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 8 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +6.9% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $1.13B TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +8.1% YoY
- [ ] Generates cash — -$1.03B TTM
- [ ] Debt under control — current ratio 0.52
- [x] Established company — $25.6B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — +7.1% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — Altman Z 0.8 — distress
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 2.57%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 22.7

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2021** — Best year on record: $1.26B net income
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $1B: $3.30B in first reported year

## Strengths

- Strongly profitable — 21.3% net margin
- Piotroski F-Score 7/9 — fundamentally strong checklist

## Watch-outs

- Negative free cash flow (-$1.0B)
- Altman Z-Score 0.83 — elevated financial-distress risk

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $3.93B | $1.26B | -$323M |
| FY2022 | $3.79B | $820M | -$1.19B |
| FY2023 | $4.23B | $944M | -$701M |
| FY2024 | $4.68B | $1.05B | -$811M |
| FY2025 | $5.14B | $1.11B | -$1.07B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/AWK — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.