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FCF Margin for American Water Works Company (AWK)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

-23.1%

YoY change

−3.44pp

Trough year (2022)

-34.6%

Peak year (2014)

2.1%

FCF Margin history chart for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: -20.8%

FCF Margin change chart for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: −3.44pp

FCF Margin history table for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1989 to 2025

  • 2025-20.8%-3.44pp
  • 2024-17.3%+3.00pp
  • 2023-20.3%+14.29pp
  • 2022-34.6%-23.61pp
  • 2021-11.0%+2.30pp
  • 2020-13.3%-2.90pp
  • 2019-10.4%-2.04pp
  • 2018-8.3%-6.53pp
  • 2017-1.8%+1.79pp
  • 2016-3.6%-0.82pp
  • 2015-2.8%-4.88pp
  • 20142.1%+7.22pp
  • 2013-5.1%-4.08pp
  • 2012-1.0%+5.32pp
  • 2011-6.4%-5.09pp
  • 2010-1.3%+7.70pp
  • 2009-9.0%+11.63pp
  • 2008-20.6%-7.29pp
  • 2007-13.3%+5.11pp
  • 2006-18.4%—
  • 2001-4.8%+1.70pp
  • 2000-6.5%+5.62pp
  • 1999-12.2%-0.30pp
  • 1998-11.9%-2.92pp
  • 1997-8.9%-1.65pp
  • 1996-7.3%+11.61pp
  • 1995-18.9%-7.42pp
  • 1994-11.5%-4.13pp
  • 1993-7.3%+1.01pp
  • 1992-8.4%+0.37pp
  • 1991-8.7%+9.24pp
  • 1990-18.0%+2.04pp
  • 1989-20.0%—

FCF Margin values are taken from American Water Works Company's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at American Water Works Company (AWK)

According to American Water Works Company's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is -23.1%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

As of the 2025 fiscal year, American Water Works Company (AWK) reported free cash flow margin of -20.76% – contracted 3.4 percentage points year-over-year.

2014 marks the peak free cash flow margin at 2.09%, with the historical low of -34.60% recorded in 2022.

American Water Works Company FCF Margin by Year

American Water Works Company FCF Margin 2025: -20.8%

In 2025, American Water Works Company reported free cash flow margin of -20.76%, contracted 3.4 percentage points from 2024.

American Water Works Company FCF Margin 2024: -17.3%

American Water Works Company free cash flow margin in 2024 was -17.31%, expanded 3.0 percentage points from 2023.

American Water Works Company FCF Margin 2023: -20.3%

2023's free cash flow margin for American Water Works Company came in at -20.31%, expanded 14.3 percentage points from 2022.

American Water Works Company FCF Margin 2022: -34.6%

American Water Works Company posted free cash flow margin of -34.60% in 2022, contracted 23.6 percentage points from 2021. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.

American Water Works Company FCF Margin 2021: -11.0%

American Water Works Company free cash flow margin in 2021 was -10.99%.

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