American Water Works Company, Inc.

American Water Works Company, Inc. provides drinking water, wastewater management, and associated utility services. The company conducts most of its operations through a regulated utilities segment that delivers drinking water, fire protection, and wastewater treatment to residential, commercial, industrial, and public authority clients, as well as to other community water systems through bulk supply agreements. Beyond its core utility segment, the organization provides water and wastewater system operations to the U.S. government on military installations under long-term contracts, while also managing utility facilities for municipal partners.

Operating as a holding company, American Water employs roughly 7,000 professionals and supplies water and wastewater services to approximately 14 million individuals across 24 states. Its regulated utility network maintains 3.6 million active customer connections within 14 states, led primarily by operations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Missouri, Illinois, and California. Additionally, its military services division operates across 18 military installations throughout the country. The enterprise maintains its corporate headquarters in Camden, New Jersey.

Summary of the business section of American Water Works's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

“As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately 7,000 employees.”