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How American Water Works Company, Inc. stacks up
AWK · against 351 other Utilities companies
Growth
72/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #98 of 352 · scores higher than 72% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score36 peers with a growth score of 70–79, including AWK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 72?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly thanks to its 3-year revenue growth and revenue growth, which are stronger than most Utilities peers.
- Earnings per share growth is close to the peer norm. Earnings per share growth: 2.3% vs peer median 1.7%
- faster revenue growth over the last year: stronger than 69% of peers. Revenue growth: 7.2% vs peer median 2.5%
- faster revenue growth over three years: stronger than 84% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: 9.5% vs peer median 2.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 354 reported | 7.2% | 2.5% | 69% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 284 reported | 2.3% | 1.6% | 52% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 351 reported | 9.5% | 2.0% | 84% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AWK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48.3B BRL (≈$8.7B) | 100 | 69 | |
| 1 | 9.1B USD | 100 | 52 | |
| 3 | 7.9B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 3 | 636M EUR (≈$700M) | 99 | 64 | |
| 3 | 2.5B USD | 99 | 41 | |
| 95 | 6.2B BRL (≈$1.1B) | 73 | 82 | |
| 95 |
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