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How American Water Works Company, Inc. stacks up
AWK · against 55 other Utilities companies of similar size
Valuation
27/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #43 of 56 · scores higher than 20% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score11 peers with a valuation score of 20–29, including AWK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 27?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield, earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 77% of peers. EBITDA yield: 6.4% vs peer median 8.6%
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 67% of peers. Earnings yield: 3.9% vs peer median 4.8%
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -3.5% vs peer median 0.0%
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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 56 reported | 3.9% | 4.7% | 18% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 56 reported | 6.5% | 7.7% | 20% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 37 reported | -4.2% | -4.8% | 56% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 55 reported | 40.1% | 47.8% | 30% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AWK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22.9B USD | 91 | 66 | |
| 2 | 1.22T INR (≈$14.7B) | 83 | 65 | |
| 3 | 2.96T JPY (≈$20.1B) | 82 | 48 | |
| 4 | 27.0B EUR (≈$29.7B) | 76 | 63 | |
| 5 | 3.12T INR (≈$37.4B) | 73 | 62 | |
| 39 | 49.2B USD | 32 | 38 | |
| 40 | 21.3B EUR (≈$23.4B) | 30 | 36 | |
| 41 | 37.6B USD | 29 | 43 | |
| 42 | 52.0B USD | 28 | 39 | |
| 43 | 29.1B USD | 27 | 48 | |
| 43 | 43.2B USD | 27 | 54 | |
| 43 | 18.7B USD | 27 | 37 | |
| 46 | 31.4B GBP (≈$40.8B) | 26 | 47 | |
| 47 | 44.3B EUR (≈$48.8B) | 25 | 26 |
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