TTM
36.5%
YoY change
−0.12pp
Trough year (1994)
-19.9%
Peak year (2005)
100.0%
Latest annual
36.6%
Operating Margin history chart for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 36.6%
Operating Margin change chart for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.12pp
Operating Margin history table for American Water Works Company (AWK) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 36.6% | -0.12pp | ||
| 2024 | 36.7% | +1.16pp | ||
| 2023 | 35.5% | +1.95pp | ||
| 2022 | 33.6% | +3.14pp | ||
| 2021 | 30.4% | -2.61pp | ||
| 2020 | 33.0% | -0.59pp | ||
| 2019 | 33.6% | +1.59pp | ||
| 2018 | 32.0% | -5.29pp | ||
| 2017 | 37.3% | +4.62pp | ||
| 2016 | 32.7% | -1.32pp | ||
| 2015 | 34.0% | +0.74pp | ||
| 2014 | 33.3% | +0.70pp | ||
| 2013 | 32.6% | +0.44pp | ||
| 2012 | 32.2% | +2.03pp | ||
| 2011 | 30.1% | +2.52pp | ||
| 2010 | 27.6% | +20.48pp | ||
| 2009 | 7.1% | +15.11pp | ||
| 2008 | -8.0% | -8.13pp | ||
| 2007 | 0.1% | -11.98pp | ||
| 2006 | 12.1% | -87.89pp | ||
| 2005 | 100.0% | — | ||
| 2001 | -14.4% | -4.33pp | ||
| 2000 | -10.1% | -43.38pp | ||
| 1999 | 33.3% | +45.08pp | ||
| 1998 | -11.8% | +1.58pp | ||
| 1997 | -13.4% | -46.24pp | ||
| 1996 | 32.9% | +52.02pp | ||
| 1995 | -19.2% | +0.77pp | ||
| 1994 | -19.9% | -0.82pp | ||
| 1993 | -19.1% | -49.87pp | ||
| 1992 | 30.8% | -1.52pp | ||
| 1991 | 32.3% | +1.28pp | ||
| 1990 | 31.0% | +1.58pp | ||
| 1989 | 29.4% | -1.83pp | ||
| 1988 | 31.3% | -1.80pp | ||
| 1987 | 33.1% | -1.39pp | ||
| 1986 | 34.4% | +1.15pp | ||
| 1985 | 33.3% | — |
- 202536.6%-0.12pp
- 202436.7%+1.16pp
- 202335.5%+1.95pp
- 202233.6%+3.14pp
- 202130.4%-2.61pp
- 202033.0%-0.59pp
- 201933.6%+1.59pp
- 201832.0%-5.29pp
- 201737.3%+4.62pp
- 201632.7%-1.32pp
- 201534.0%+0.74pp
- 201433.3%+0.70pp
- 201332.6%+0.44pp
- 201232.2%+2.03pp
- 201130.1%+2.52pp
- 201027.6%+20.48pp
- 20097.1%+15.11pp
- 2008-8.0%-8.13pp
- 20070.1%-11.98pp
- 200612.1%-87.89pp
- 2005100.0%—
- 2001-14.4%-4.33pp
- 2000-10.1%-43.38pp
- 199933.3%+45.08pp
- 1998-11.8%+1.58pp
- 1997-13.4%-46.24pp
- 199632.9%+52.02pp
- 1995-19.2%+0.77pp
- 1994-19.9%-0.82pp
- 1993-19.1%-49.87pp
- 199230.8%-1.52pp
- 199132.3%+1.28pp
- 199031.0%+1.58pp
- 198929.4%-1.83pp
- 198831.3%-1.80pp
- 198733.1%-1.39pp
- 198634.4%+1.15pp
- 198533.3%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at American Water Works Company (AWK)
According to American Water Works Company's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 36.5%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, American Water Works Company (AWK) operating margin totalled 36.56% – contracted 0.1 percentage points year-over-year.
100.00% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 2005, against a low of -19.93% during 1994.
American Water Works Company Operating Margin by Year
American Water Works Company Operating Margin 2025: 36.6%
In 2025, American Water Works Company reported operating margin of 36.56%, contracted 0.1 percentage points from 2024.
American Water Works Company Operating Margin 2024: 36.7%
American Water Works Company operating margin in 2024 was 36.68%, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2023.
American Water Works Company Operating Margin 2023: 35.5%
2023's operating margin for American Water Works Company came in at 35.52%, expanded 2.0 percentage points from 2022.
American Water Works Company Operating Margin 2022: 33.6%
American Water Works Company posted operating margin of 33.57% in 2022, expanded 3.1 percentage points from 2021.
American Water Works Company Operating Margin 2021: 30.4%
American Water Works Company operating margin in 2021 was 30.43%.
See more financial history for American Water Works Company (AWK).
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