American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)
Utilities · NYQ
Price as at 10 Aug 2026, 18:14 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
American Water Works Company, Inc. trades at USD134.59, which is 58% above the USD56.52 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 65 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 24.0 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
AWK dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | USD2.62 | 3 |
| 2025 | USD3.25 | 4 |
| 2024 | USD3.00 | 4 |
| 2023 | USD2.78 | 4 |
| 2022 | USD2.57 | 4 |
| 2021 | USD2.36 | 4 |
| 2020 | USD2.15 | 4 |
| 2019 | USD1.96 | 4 |
| 2018 | USD1.78 | 4 |
| 2017 | USD1.62 | 4 |
| 2016 | USD1.47 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
AWK earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 13 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About American Water Works Company, Inc.
American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services on military installations; and undertakes contracts with municipal customers, primarily to operate and manage water and wastewater facilities, as well as offers other related services. The company also operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 520 groundwater treatment plants; 170 wastewater treatment plants; 55,000 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection mains and pipes; 1,200 groundwater wells; 1,800 water and wastewater pumping stations; 1,100 treated water storage facilities; and 75 dams. In addition, it offers water and wastewater services to 14 states serving approximately 3.6 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
AWK passes 3 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
11 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Impax Asset Management, Impax Asset Management Group plc$471.53M · 3.1% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$211.49M · 0.1% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$30.57M · 0.0% of book
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$22.68M · 0.0% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$14.75M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Common questions
Is American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of USD56.52, AWK at USD134.59 is 58% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own AWK?
11 of the institutions we track reported a position in AWK in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is AWK's P/E ratio?
AWK trades at 24.0 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) pay a dividend?
Yes. American Water Works Company, Inc. yields 2.65% at the current share price. It has paid USD3.45 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 18 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its AWK data?
Fundamentals for AWK come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 10 Aug 2026, 18:14 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.