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How American Water Works Company, Inc. stacks up

AWK · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

73/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #18 of 93 · scores higher than 80% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

4 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including AWK · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 73?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Mainly thanks to its operating margin, which is stronger than most Utilities peers.

Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.6% vs peer median 5.2%
Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.1% vs peer median 2.7%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 89% of peers. Operating margin: 37.1% vs peer median 18.6%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = AWK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	AWK	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported	5.6%	5.1%	70%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported	37.1%	21.3%	97%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported	3.1%	2.6%	66%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported	10.1%	9.3%	70%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported	61.5%	43.6%	90%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around AWK

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIGCIG · US-listed	5.1B USD	96	75
3	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	94	93
4	Enlight Renewable Energy LtdENLT · US-listed	9.1B USD	93	52
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
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14	Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.BIP · US-listed	29.7B USD	80	57
14	Edison InternationalEIX · US-listed	22.9B USD	80	66
16	Atmos Energy CorporationATO · US-listed	29.4B USD	79	57
17	Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.SWX · US-listed	6.7B USD	75	59
18	American Water Works Company, Inc.AWK · US-listed	29.1B USD	73	48
18	The York Water CompanyYORW · US-listed	514M USD	73	58
20	Chesapeake Utilities CorporationCPK · US-listed	3.5B USD	69	53
20	NextEra Energy, Inc.NEE · US-listed	175.9B USD	69	47
20	UGI CorporationUGI · US-listed	8.2B USD	69	56

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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