TTM
43.6%
YoY change
−17.01pp
Trough year (2025)
43.3%
Peak year (2024)
60.3%
Latest annual
43.3%
Gross Margin history chart for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 43.3%
Gross Margin change chart for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −17.01pp
Gross Margin history table for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 43.3% | -17.01pp | ||
| 2024 | 60.3% | +0.96pp | ||
| 2023 | 59.4% | +1.28pp | ||
| 2022 | 58.1% | +3.31pp | ||
| 2021 | 54.8% | -2.27pp | ||
| 2020 | 57.1% | -0.17pp | ||
| 2019 | 57.2% | +0.22pp | ||
| 2018 | 57.0% | -1.95pp | ||
| 2017 | 59.0% | +4.50pp | ||
| 2016 | 54.5% | -1.10pp | ||
| 2015 | 55.6% | +0.38pp | ||
| 2014 | 55.2% | +0.41pp | ||
| 2013 | 54.8% | +1.69pp | ||
| 2012 | 53.1% | +1.90pp | ||
| 2011 | 51.2% | +2.42pp | ||
| 2010 | 48.8% | +3.01pp | ||
| 2009 | 45.7% | +1.53pp | ||
| 2008 | 44.2% | — | ||
| 2001 | 53.8% | -2.31pp | ||
| 2000 | 56.1% | -0.02pp | ||
| 1999 | 56.1% | -0.91pp | ||
| 1998 | 57.1% | +1.24pp | ||
| 1997 | 55.8% | +2.56pp | ||
| 1996 | 53.3% | +2.67pp | ||
| 1995 | 50.6% | +0.57pp | ||
| 1994 | 50.0% | -0.40pp | ||
| 1993 | 50.4% | +1.10pp | ||
| 1992 | 49.3% | -0.40pp | ||
| 1991 | 49.7% | +1.35pp | ||
| 1990 | 48.4% | +2.50pp | ||
| 1989 | 45.9% | -1.08pp | ||
| 1988 | 46.9% | -2.06pp | ||
| 1987 | 49.0% | -1.11pp | ||
| 1986 | 50.1% | -0.31pp | ||
| 1985 | 50.4% | — |
- 202543.3%-17.01pp
- 202460.3%+0.96pp
- 202359.4%+1.28pp
- 202258.1%+3.31pp
- 202154.8%-2.27pp
- 202057.1%-0.17pp
- 201957.2%+0.22pp
- 201857.0%-1.95pp
- 201759.0%+4.50pp
- 201654.5%-1.10pp
- 201555.6%+0.38pp
- 201455.2%+0.41pp
- 201354.8%+1.69pp
- 201253.1%+1.90pp
- 201151.2%+2.42pp
- 201048.8%+3.01pp
- 200945.7%+1.53pp
- 200844.2%—
- 200153.8%-2.31pp
- 200056.1%-0.02pp
- 199956.1%-0.91pp
- 199857.1%+1.24pp
- 199755.8%+2.56pp
- 199653.3%+2.67pp
- 199550.6%+0.57pp
- 199450.0%-0.40pp
- 199350.4%+1.10pp
- 199249.3%-0.40pp
- 199149.7%+1.35pp
- 199048.4%+2.50pp
- 198945.9%-1.08pp
- 198846.9%-2.06pp
- 198749.0%-1.11pp
- 198650.1%-0.31pp
- 198550.4%—
Gross 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 Gross Margin at American Water Works Company (AWK)
According to American Water Works Company's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 43.6%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of American Water Works Company (AWK) gross margin is 43.33% – contracted 17.0 percentage points year-over-year.
60.33% stands as the all-time-high annual gross margin, posted in 2024, against a low of 43.33% during 2025.
American Water Works Company Gross Margin by Year
American Water Works Company Gross Margin 2025: 43.3%
American Water Works Company posted gross margin of 43.33% in 2025, contracted 17.0 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
American Water Works Company Gross Margin 2024: 60.3%
In 2024, American Water Works Company reported gross margin of 60.33%, expanded 1.0 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
American Water Works Company Gross Margin 2023: 59.4%
American Water Works Company gross margin in 2023 was 59.38%, expanded 1.3 percentage points from 2022.
American Water Works Company Gross Margin 2022: 58.1%
2022's gross margin for American Water Works Company came in at 58.10%, expanded 3.3 percentage points from 2021.
American Water Works Company Gross Margin 2021: 54.8%
American Water Works Company gross margin in 2021 was 54.78%.
See more financial history for American Water Works Company (AWK).
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