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American Water Works Company, Inc. Utilities Water Supply S&P 500Russell 3000
$144.37Close
$29.0BMarket cap
$120.33 – $144.3752-week range
Late-januaryNext report · estimated
Highlights
Strengths
- Near its high at its 52-week high
Cautions
- Trend not confirmed 6 of 8 conditions · under 30% off the low, RS under 70
- Financial distress Altman Z″ in the distress zone
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
0%
1wk
up 1.1%
price change
1mo
up 11.5%
price change
12-month return
up 17%
market up 11% ·
its own up 3%
F-score
—
— Not assessed
Altman Z″
0.58
Elevated risk
P/E
26.1×
price / earnings
PEG
4.57
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
2.7×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 4.5%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
45%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 10%
year on year
EPS growth
0%
latest quarter · -8 pts
Sales growth
up 3%
latest quarter · -3 pts
ROE
up 10%
return on equity
Free cash margin
down 21%
-$1.1B FCF
D/E
1.18
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
4.6×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Trade setup
ATR%
2.1%
$3.02 a day · 2×ATR $138.32
RS
68 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
6 / 8
under 30% off the low, RS under 70
Relative volume
1.1×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.69
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 6 of 8
- At least 30% above the 52-week low: fails
- RS rank 70 or higher: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Bankruptcy model reads distressed The Altman score sits inside the range historically associated with financial distress. It is used here only to exclude, never to rank, and it is a statistical band rather than a prediction about this company.
- Heavily indebted Net debt is 4.6 times EBITDA — roughly 5 years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation to repay borrowings in full.
Last reported
Oct 28, 2026
Results reaction
Oct 28, 2026+1% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$149,42021.0% IV · activity
Financials
- Net 22%
- Free cash -21%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.7B | $3.9B | $3.8B | $4.2B | $4.7B | $5.1B |
| Operating income | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.7B | $1.9B |
| Net income | $709.0M | $1.3B | $820.0M | $944.0M | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Net margin | 19% | 32% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| Earnings per share | $3.90 | $6.94 | $4.51 | $4.89 | $5.39 | $5.70 |
| Free cash flow | -$396.0M | -$323.0M | -$1.2B | -$701.0M | -$811.0M | -$1.1B |
| Free cash margin | -11% | -8% | -32% | -17% | -17% | -21% |
| Cash | $547.0M | $116.0M | $85.0M | $330.0M | $96.0M | $98.0M |
| Long-term debt | $9.7B | $10.3B | $10.9B | $11.7B | $12.5B | $12.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $6.5B | $7.3B | $7.7B | $9.8B | $10.3B | $10.8B |
| Shares outstanding | 186.47m | 186.88m | 187.20m | 200.14m | 200.37m | 200.61m |
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $138 – $151 ±4.3% by Nov 20, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Smaller 21.0% priced · 26.4% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- About the same
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs more
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $149,420 calls $106,835 · puts $42,586 · latest session
- 0.40× -0.10 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls +715 · puts +1.37k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 21.0% (-0.9% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 0.97 · 25Δ skew 2.9 pts · Net GEX $4.0M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2026 | 28d |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 29d |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 29d |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 49d |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 29d |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 30d |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 30d |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 50d |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 30d |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 31d |
| May 1, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 31d |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 45d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| May 20, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| May 15, 2026 | Director or officer change · Charter or bylaws · Shareholder vote · Other events ↗ |