TTM
21.2%
YoY change
−0.82pp
Trough year (2008)
-24.1%
Peak year (2021)
32.1%
Latest annual
21.6%
Net Profit Margin history chart for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 21.6%
Net Profit Margin change chart for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.82pp
Net Profit Margin history table for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 21.6% | -0.82pp | ||
| 2024 | 22.4% | +0.14pp | ||
| 2023 | 22.3% | +0.67pp | ||
| 2022 | 21.6% | -10.51pp | ||
| 2021 | 32.1% | +13.37pp | ||
| 2020 | 18.8% | +1.57pp | ||
| 2019 | 17.2% | +0.72pp | ||
| 2018 | 16.5% | +3.79pp | ||
| 2017 | 12.7% | -1.48pp | ||
| 2016 | 14.2% | -0.89pp | ||
| 2015 | 15.1% | +1.02pp | ||
| 2014 | 14.1% | +1.33pp | ||
| 2013 | 12.7% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2012 | 12.4% | +0.83pp | ||
| 2011 | 11.6% | +1.73pp | ||
| 2010 | 9.9% | +19.43pp | ||
| 2009 | -9.5% | +14.52pp | ||
| 2008 | -24.1% | -8.58pp | ||
| 2007 | -15.5% | -7.73pp | ||
| 2006 | -7.8% | +7.46pp | ||
| 2005 | -15.2% | — | ||
| 2001 | 11.2% | -0.70pp | ||
| 2000 | 11.9% | +0.91pp | ||
| 1999 | 11.0% | -1.85pp | ||
| 1998 | 12.9% | +0.39pp | ||
| 1997 | 12.5% | +1.11pp | ||
| 1996 | 11.4% | -0.10pp | ||
| 1995 | 11.5% | +1.25pp | ||
| 1994 | 10.2% | -0.29pp | ||
| 1993 | 10.5% | +0.13pp | ||
| 1992 | 10.4% | -1.25pp | ||
| 1991 | 11.6% | +1.62pp | ||
| 1990 | 10.0% | +0.85pp | ||
| 1989 | 9.2% | -1.96pp | ||
| 1988 | 11.1% | -0.47pp | ||
| 1987 | 11.6% | -0.38pp | ||
| 1986 | 12.0% | +1.05pp | ||
| 1985 | 10.9% | — |
- 202521.6%-0.82pp
- 202422.4%+0.14pp
- 202322.3%+0.67pp
- 202221.6%-10.51pp
- 202132.1%+13.37pp
- 202018.8%+1.57pp
- 201917.2%+0.72pp
- 201816.5%+3.79pp
- 201712.7%-1.48pp
- 201614.2%-0.89pp
- 201515.1%+1.02pp
- 201414.1%+1.33pp
- 201312.7%+0.28pp
- 201212.4%+0.83pp
- 201111.6%+1.73pp
- 20109.9%+19.43pp
- 2009-9.5%+14.52pp
- 2008-24.1%-8.58pp
- 2007-15.5%-7.73pp
- 2006-7.8%+7.46pp
- 2005-15.2%—
- 200111.2%-0.70pp
- 200011.9%+0.91pp
- 199911.0%-1.85pp
- 199812.9%+0.39pp
- 199712.5%+1.11pp
- 199611.4%-0.10pp
- 199511.5%+1.25pp
- 199410.2%-0.29pp
- 199310.5%+0.13pp
- 199210.4%-1.25pp
- 199111.6%+1.62pp
- 199010.0%+0.85pp
- 19899.2%-1.96pp
- 198811.1%-0.47pp
- 198711.6%-0.38pp
- 198612.0%+1.05pp
- 198510.9%—
Net Profit 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 Net Profit Margin at American Water Works Company (AWK)
According to American Water Works Company's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 21.2%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
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 net margin of 21.61% – contracted 0.8 percentage points year-over-year.
32.14% stands as the all-time-high annual net margin, posted in 2021, against a low of -24.07% during 2008.
American Water Works Company Net Profit Margin by Year
American Water Works Company Net Profit Margin 2025: 21.6%
In 2025, American Water Works Company reported net margin of 21.61%, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2024.
American Water Works Company Net Profit Margin 2024: 22.4%
American Water Works Company net margin in 2024 was 22.44%, expanded 0.1 percentage points from 2023.
American Water Works Company Net Profit Margin 2023: 22.3%
2023's net margin for American Water Works Company came in at 22.30%, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2022.
American Water Works Company Net Profit Margin 2022: 21.6%
American Water Works Company posted net margin of 21.62% in 2022, contracted 10.5 percentage points from 2021.
American Water Works Company Net Profit Margin 2021: 32.1%
American Water Works Company net margin in 2021 was 32.14%.
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