American Water Works vs American States Water
AWK and AWR side by side, both in water supply. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AWK and AWR compare
American Water Works is the larger company, worth 8.4 times as much as American States Water ($28.7B against $3.4B).
On earnings, American States Water is cheaper: it trades at 23.6× trailing earnings, against 25.0× for American Water Works.
American States Water grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.2% versus 6.8% for American Water Works).
American Water Works keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 21.4% compared with 20.5% at American States Water.
Both pay dividends: American Water Works yields 2.4% and American States Water 2.4%.
American States Water scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 9 for American Water Works), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AWK | AWR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $28.7B | $3.4B |
| Share price | $144.37 | $86.32 |
| Change, 1 year | 11.0% | 18.8% |
| Change, 5 years | −14.9% | −8.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.40 | 0.31 |
| Employees | 7,000 | 900 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 25.0× | 23.6× (better) |
| P/S | 5.4× | 4.9× (better) |
| P/B | 2.5× (better) | 3.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.4× | 15.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 165× |
| PEG | 3.11 | 1.40 (better) |
| FCF yield | −3.6% | 0.61% (better) |
| Fair value | $133.42 | $79.63 |
| Margin of safety | −8.2% (better) | −8.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.8% | 13.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.5% (better) | 6.2% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 4.2% | 14.7% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 4.0% | 12.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.8% (better) | 7.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 90.1% |
| Operating margin | 37.0% (better) | 31.8% |
| Net margin | 21.4% (better) | 20.5% |
| FCF margin | −19.5% | 3.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 10.1% | 13.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.8% | 9.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.37 | 0.64 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.47 | 2.56 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 3.0× | 4.7× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.52 | 0.98 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.08 | 2.08 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.4% (better) | 2.4% |
| Payout ratio | 58.3% | 54.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 13 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.5% | 8.7% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | −2.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.4% (better) | 0.01% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 83.1% |
| Held by insiders | 0.15% | 1.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$247K |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.9% | 2.5% |
Go deeper
- AWK stock overview
- AWK income statement
- AWK valuation and score
- AWR stock overview
- AWR income statement
- AWR valuation and score
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