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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) stock

Utilities·Water Supply·Market cap $25.6B
Auto-Brief · synthesised from 5 layers
AWK · us_stock
BULLISH
Top reasons
  1. 1Revenue growth 7.2% YoY, net margin 21.4%.
  2. 2earnings: AWK Q3 2026 earnings scheduled (scheduled 2026-10-28)
Generated 2026-10-13 09:49 UTC5 layers
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Factor grades

As of 2026-10-12
Meaterm Score
C-
49th percentile
Valuation
D+
34th percentile
Growth
C+
59th percentile
Profitability
C+
55th percentile
Momentum
C
48th percentile

Percentile grades within the stock’s sector, computed nightly from SEC filings. Statistical ranking, not investment advice.

Fair value estimate

Current price
$129.55
Fair value estimate
$119.66
Verdict
FAIRLY VALUED
estimate 7.6% below price

Median of 3 peer-multiple estimates. Not investment advice.

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MacroNEUTRALNo feed
0 items
  • No macro events in the recency window.
No macro events in the recency window.
CatalystsNEUTRALLive
1 item
  • earnings: AWK Q3 2026 earnings scheduled (scheduled 2026-10-28)
  1. earningsScheduled 2026-10-28
    AWK Q3 2026 earnings scheduled
    Consensus EPS 2.11.
    NEUTRAL
FundamentalsBULLISHLive
1 item
  • Revenue growth 7.2% YoY, net margin 21.4%.
  • Forward P/E —, FCF $-1.2B.
Revenue growth (YoY)
7.2%
>10% strong
Net margin
21.4%
>15% healthy
Debt / Equity
1.37
<1 conservative
Interest coverage
—
Beta
—
Forward P/E
—
Free cash flow
$-1.2B
TTM
Earnings beat rate
—
As of 2026-06-30 · Issuer filings + market data
PositioningNEUTRALNo feed
0 items
  • Peers: 143 of 233 recently-briefed us stock names lean bullish.
As of 2026-10-13 · Meaterm
NewsNEUTRALNo feed
0 items
  • No news in the recency window.
  • Signal steady (bullish) vs the last brief.
No news in the recency window.

Key fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)
$5.3B
Net income (TTM)
$1.1B
Diluted EPS (TTM)
$5.77
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
37.1%
Net margin
21.4%

Trailing-twelve-month figures computed by Meaterm from SEC filings, refreshed nightly.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the AWK factor grades?

Meaterm scores American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) on four factors — valuation, growth, profitability and momentum — plus an overall Meaterm Score. Each grade is a percentile ranking against the stock's sector, computed nightly from SEC-filed financial data. Grades are statistical rankings, not investment advice or a recommendation to trade.

How is the fair value estimate for AWK calculated?

The estimate is the median of several peer-multiple implied values — peer P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/S and P/B applied to the company's own fundamentals — plus a sell-side consensus target when one is available. Peers come from the same industry, matched by size. When the company’s own size is not on record, or the comparable companies are too few, more than ten times larger or smaller, or disagree too much with each other or with the market price, no estimate is published and the page says why. It is a statistical reference point, not a price target and not investment advice.

Where does the data on this page come from?

Fundamentals and factor grades are computed by Meaterm from SEC filings and refreshed nightly. Positioning context comes from public CFTC and FINRA releases, and macro series from FRED. Every signal, grade and estimate shown is Meaterm’s own computation.

Is AWK a good stock to invest in?

Meaterm does not answer that question. This page shows how American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) ranks statistically against sector peers on valuation, growth, profitability and momentum and, where its peer group supports one, where its price sits relative to a peer-multiple estimate. Use it as research context alongside your own analysis — nothing on this page is investment advice.

How often is this page updated?

Factor grades, fundamentals and the company profile refresh nightly after each trading day. The brief layers — macro, catalysts, positioning and news — are composed when the page loads, and the fair value estimate is recomputed with recent quotes during the day.