American States Water price to free cash flow AWR

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2013.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 163×
9-year median: 90.6×
Against its 9-year history: 64th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range: 59.9× to 280×
Peer median: 14.7×

American States Water's price to free cash flow is 163× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its 9-year median of 90.6×, close to the middle of its last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 59.9× in Mar 2018 to 280× in Oct 2018.

The median for 8 water utilities of a similar size is 14.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 90.6×

The dashed line is the 9-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	163×	78.1×	172×
2025	81.0×	81.0×	83.0×
2024	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2020	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2019	257×	234×	258×
2018	241×	59.9×	280×
2017	66.8×	61.0×	152×
2016	195×	29.1×	199×
2015	30.4×	15.3×	31.0×
2014	16.7×	11.7×	136×
2013	137×	29.4×	140×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
AWRAmerican States Water	163×
CWTCalifornia Water Service	n/m
HTOH2O America	n/m
MSEXMiddlesex Water	n/m
WTRGEssential Utilities	n/m
YORWYork Water	n/m
CWCOConsolidated Water	14.7×
AWKAmerican Water Works	n/m
ARTNAArtesian Resources	n/m
Peer median	14.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on American States Water

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.