AWR PEER ANALYSIS

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

AWRAmerican States Water Company

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

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Utilities - Regulated Water

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

AWRIndustry 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	AWR	AQN	SLR	AGL	NPI	TA	Ind. Median
P/E	24.61	27.44	14.06●	—	—	—	23.17
P/B	3.08	0.95●	3.02	1.20	1.39	4.33	2.06
EV/EBITDA	16.23	12.18	12.52	6.95●	12.04	14.74	13.67
P/S	4.82	1.75	7.86	0.40●	2.24	2.75	4.31

Financial Health
Metric	AWR	AQN	SLR	AGL	NPI	TA	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.22●	1.05	0.59	1.02	1.16	0.76	1.01
Debt/Equity	87.5%●	143.6%	205.8%	115.8%	168.6%	317.2%	98.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.52	7.31	4.94	3.32●	6.14	5.96	4.85

Profitability
Metric	AWR	AQN	SLR	AGL	NPI	TA	Ind. Median
Net Margin	19.7%	6.7%	55.9%●	-0.7%	-5.5%	-7.7%	20.3%
ROE	13.2%	3.6%	22.9%●	-2.0%	-3.3%	-10.9%	9.3%
ROA	5.1%	1.2%	7.1%●	-0.7%	-1.0%	-1.9%	3.2%
EBITDA Margin	38.0%	36.0%	103.7%●	10.9%	37.9%	31.3%	48.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AWR	AQN	SLR	AGL	NPI	TA	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	11.7%	6.5%	39.9%●	-1.6%	13.7%	-16.7%	5.7%
NI Growth	8.6%	—	38.7%●	—	—	—	2.4%
Div. Yield	2.4%	3.3%	—	5.9%●	4.8%	1.4%	2.7%
Payout	57.4%	125.5%	—	-319.8%	-204.6%	-74.3%	59.4%

Valuation
Metric	AWR	CWT	MSEX	WTRG	CWCO	YORW	Ind. Median
P/E	24.61	24.80	23.00	19.74●	26.63	20.36	23.17
P/B	3.08	1.65	2.02	1.59●	2.06	1.78	2.06
EV/EBITDA	16.23	13.79	14.90	14.34	13.55●	19.79	13.67
P/S	4.82	2.92●	5.08	4.31	3.59	267.22	4.31

Financial Health
Metric	AWR	CWT	MSEX	WTRG	CWCO	YORW	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.22	0.69	0.39	0.95	6.04●	0.72	1.01
Debt/Equity	87.5%	95.3%	85.4%	122.5%	1.2%●	98.0%	98.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.52	4.85	4.42	6.20	-4.96●	7.01	4.85

Profitability
Metric	AWR	CWT	MSEX	WTRG	CWCO	YORW	Ind. Median
Net Margin	19.7%	11.8%	22.1%	21.8%	13.5%	1,312.4%●	20.3%
ROE	13.2%●	7.0%	9.3%	8.3%	7.9%	9.0%	9.3%
ROA	5.1%	2.2%	3.3%	2.9%	6.8%●	3.2%	3.2%
EBITDA Margin	38.0%	32.6%	48.4%	52.9%	19.4%	2,091.8%●	48.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AWR	CWT	MSEX	WTRG	CWCO	YORW	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	11.7%	4.2%	1.8%	13.1%●	0.3%	-97.9%	5.7%
NI Growth	8.6%●	-11.4%	1.8%	-9.2%	-34.8%	8.1%	2.4%
Div. Yield	2.4%	2.5%	2.5%	3.6%●	1.9%	2.9%	2.7%
Payout	57.4%	61.9%	58.2%	68.5%	48.8%	60.1%	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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