American Water Works Company (AWK) stock: Winston Score and insider trades

§Winston Score History

American Water Works is the largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company in the United States. It provides clean drinking water and wastewater treatment services to homes, businesses, and local governments. The company serves roughly 14 million people across 14 states, with its heaviest presence in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Illinois.

American Water Works makes money by charging customers monthly rates for water and wastewater services. Because it operates as a regulated utility, state governments set the prices it can charge, which limits big profit swings but also provides very stable, predictable revenue. The company's main competitive advantage is that it owns the physical pipes and treatment plants in its service areas — competitors cannot simply build a second water system in the same town. The key growth driver is acquiring smaller, municipally owned water systems that need capital upgrades, though rising infrastructure costs and the pace of rate approvals from regulators remain the primary risks to earnings growth.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+8.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~2 months

$191M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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American Water Works Company has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

75.5%

Premium pricing power — 75.5% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

40.0%

Excellent — 40.0% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

7.0%

Weak — 7.0% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+6.9%

Slow sales growth (+6.9% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+4.1%

Modest earnings growth (+4.1% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

207%

Turns 207% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-19.5%

Burning cash (-19.5%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

1.38

Elevated debt (1.38)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

3.00x

Tight — interest eats into profit (3.0x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

24.8x

Growth-priced — P/E 24.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+6.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (24.8 → 18.0)

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

2.78%

Moderate income — 2.78% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+8.2%

Dividend growing modestly (8.2% YoY)

Payout Ratio

58%

no trend

Pays out a modest share of profit and keeps the rest to reinvest. Room to keep paying through a weak year.

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American Water Works Company

§How the score breaks down

Share count rising — dilution

§Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

Every number that matters to educated investors.

Quality

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Cash Flow

Stability

Valuation

Dividends