AWK PEER ANALYSIS

American Water Works — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

AWKAmerican Water Works

🇺🇸 USA · US · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water

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Overall Profile & Returns

· Utilities - Regulated Water

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

AWKIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	AWK	H	NTGY	FTS	EMA	RWE	Ind. Median
P/E	23.55	25.50	12.74●	23.65	22.33	17.32	23.65
P/B	2.35	2.72	3.15	1.69	1.59	1.16●	2.09
EV/EBITDA	14.82	16.10	—	12.74	15.07	7.30●	13.79
P/S	4.99	3.77	1.29●	3.37	2.79	2.63	4.30

Financial Health
Metric	AWK	H	NTGY	FTS	EMA	RWE	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.37	0.54	1.13	0.49	1.07	1.26●	1.01
Debt/Equity	142.2%	149.2%	—	145.2%	168.8%	69.5%●	98.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	5.55	5.69	—	5.86	7.34	1.61●	4.85

Profitability
Metric	AWK	H	NTGY	FTS	EMA	RWE	Ind. Median
Net Margin	21.2%●	14.8%	10.1%	14.8%	13.2%	15.2%	20.3%
ROE	10.2%	10.9%	25.1%●	7.4%	7.7%	6.9%	9.3%
ROA	3.2%	3.6%	5.1%●	2.4%	2.3%	2.2%	3.2%
EBITDA Margin	53.8%●	36.2%	26.7%	49.0%	36.1%	46.2%	48.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AWK	H	NTGY	FTS	EMA	RWE	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	8.1%●	6.4%	-0.7%	4.1%	3.1%	-35.3%	5.7%
NI Growth	2.9%	12.4%	1.4%	4.6%	13.5%●	-41.1%	2.4%
Div. Yield	2.5%	2.3%	5.5%●	3.1%	3.8%	2.1%	2.7%
Payout	58.6%	58.3%	70.1%	49.4%	62.1%	34.8%	59.4%

Valuation
Metric	AWK	WTRG	AWR	CWT	Ind. Median
P/E	23.55	19.69●	24.48	24.87	23.65
P/B	2.35	1.59●	3.06	1.65	2.09
EV/EBITDA	14.82	14.32	16.17	13.81●	13.79
P/S	4.99	4.30	4.80	2.93●	4.30

Financial Health
Metric	AWK	WTRG	AWR	CWT	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.37	0.95	1.22●	0.69	1.01
Debt/Equity	142.2%	122.5%	87.5%●	95.3%	98.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	5.55	6.20	3.52●	4.85	4.85

Profitability
Metric	AWK	WTRG	AWR	CWT	Ind. Median
Net Margin	21.2%	21.8%●	19.7%	11.8%	20.3%
ROE	10.2%	8.3%	13.2%●	7.0%	9.3%
ROA	3.2%	2.9%	5.1%●	2.2%	3.2%
EBITDA Margin	53.8%●	52.9%	38.0%	32.6%	48.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AWK	WTRG	AWR	CWT	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	8.1%	13.1%●	11.7%	4.2%	5.7%
NI Growth	2.9%	-9.2%	8.6%●	-11.4%	2.4%
Div. Yield	2.5%	3.6%●	2.4%	2.5%	2.7%
Payout	58.6%	68.5%	57.4%	61.9%	59.4%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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