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American Water Works PE ratio AWK

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
24.7×
10-year median
29.9×
Against its 10-year history
24th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
17.8× to 45.2×
Peer median
22.0×

American Water Works' PE ratio is 24.7× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $142.75 against $5.77 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 29.9×, lower than on 76% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 17.8× in Oct 2022 to 45.2× in Feb 2021.

The median for 3 water utilities of a similar size is 22.0×.

PE ratio over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far24.7×21.9×24.7×
202522.9×22.6×27.5×
202424.8×23.8×30.2×
202327.4×20.8×33.7×
202221.0×17.8×41.3×
202145.0×34.8×45.2×
202042.0×29.4×44.2×
201935.0×32.0×39.5×
201835.4×26.4×38.5×
201731.0×27.1×33.1×
201627.7×22.9×31.7×
201523.0×20.5×26.1×
201424.9×20.3×24.9×
201320.6×18.0×21.2×
201217.7×17.4×19.6×
201118.1×16.1×18.5×

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Water nearest American Water Works' size, closest first, today.

CompanyPE ratio
AWKAmerican Water Works24.7×
WTRGEssential Utilities22.0×
AWRAmerican States Water23.4×
CWTCalifornia Water Service21.6×
Peer median22.0×

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What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.