AWK American Water Worksdata gap · 91% coverage
Utilities · Water Utilities · close $134.94 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
American Water Works (AWK) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 54/100 (grade C), ranking #9 of 45 in Utilities. Its strongest pillars are profitability (95) and balance sheet (62); its weakest is valuation (17). Data gap: 1 factor without usable data, so 91% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 6.9% and operating margin 36.9%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: 4Q gross-margin change. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 91% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 50| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 0 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 86 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 48| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 6.9% | 37 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 4.0% | 48 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | 0.5% | 70 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 95| Operating margin (18.5%) | 36.9% | 95 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 62| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | 3.35× | 79 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 0.52 | 7 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 3.17× | 88 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 36| FCF margin (6.2%) | -20.8% | 28 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | -4.0% | 43 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 17| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 23.39× | 26 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 6.88× | 7 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 59.3 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 131.36 / 131.66 |
| 200-day SMA | 131.87 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 0.79× |
| 20-day return | -2.4% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- EXITBalance-sheet stress: negative free cash flow (latest FY)
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RegulatedAndUnregulatedOperatingRevenue · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseNonoperating · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is AWK's House Rating?
- AWK scores 54 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #9 of 45 Utilities stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about AWK?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for AWK scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does AWK report earnings next?
- AWK's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-28 (window 2026-10-25 to 2026-10-31), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is AWK a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology