American Water Works Company, Inc. operates across the United States, delivering essential water and wastewater solutions via its various subsidiary companies. Its ...
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Est. EPS $6.08 · Revenue $5.36B · 10 analysts
Est. EPS $2.21 · Revenue $1.63B · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $1.47 · Revenue $1.42B · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $6.59 · Revenue $5.75B · 9 analysts
$3.38 per share
$3.38 per share
| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
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| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $5.1B | +9.7% | +12.3% |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $1.1B | +5.7% | +60.7% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | +43.3% | -28.2% | +27.6% |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | +36.6% | -0.3% | +23.5% |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | +21.6% | -3.7% | +43.2% |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $-1.1B | -31.6% | +27.1% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | -20.8% | -19.9% | +35.1% |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | 146.9% | +7.6% | -3.2% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 0.46x | +19.7% | +41.3% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $36.5B | +11.3% | +3.4% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | 5.70 vs 5.73 | -0.5% | 1.61 vs 2.21 | -27.3% |
| Revenue Surprise | $5.1B vs $5.1B | +1.3% | $1.4B vs $1.6B | -16.8% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
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| May 13, 2026 | Nathoo Raffiq | director | Common Stock | A | 1,374 | — |
| May 13, 2026 | MCGUIGAN STUART M | director | Common Stock | A | 1,374 | — |
| May 13, 2026 | Marberry Michael | director | Common Stock | A | 1,374 | — |
| May 13, 2026 | Kurz Karl F | director | Common Stock | A | 2,159 | — |
| May 13, 2026 | KAMPLING PATRICIA L | director | Common Stock | A | 1,374 | — |
Operator: Good morning, and welcome to American Water’s Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, this call is being recorded and is also being webcast with the accompanying slide presentation through the company’s Investor Relations website. The audio webcast archive will be available for one year on American Water’s Investor Relations website. I would now like to introduce your host for today’s call, Aaron Musgrave, Vice President of Investor Relations. Mr. Musgrave, you may begin. Aaron Musgrave: Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for today’s call. At the end of our prepared remarks, we will open the call for your questions. Let me first go over some safe harbor language. Today, we will be making forward-looking statements that represent our expectations regarding our future performance or other future events. These statements are predictions based on our current expectations, estimates, and assumptions. However, since these statements deal with future events, they are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from the results indicated or implied by such statements. Additional information regarding these risks, uncertainties, and factors, as well as a more detailed analysis of our financials and other important information, is provided in the second-quarter earnings release and Form 10-Q, each filed yesterday with the SEC. This call will include a discussion of non-GAAP financial information. A reconciliation of our historical adjusted earnings per share to GAAP earnings per share and other disclosures related to our non-GAAP financial information can be found in the appendix of the slides for this call. And finally, all statements during this presentation related to earnings and earnings per share refer to diluted adjusted earnings and earnings per share. With that, I will turn the call over to American Water’s President and CEO, John C. Griffith. John C. Griffith: Thanks, Aaron, and good morning, everyone. Let’s turn to Slide 5. I will start by covering some highlights of the second quarter and first half of the year. As we announced yesterday, we delivered solid financial results in the second quarter and through the first half of 2026. Adjusted earnings were $1.61 per share for the second quarter compared to $1.49 per share for the same period last year. In the first six months of 2026, adjusted earnings were $2.62 per share compared to $2.51 per share in the same period of 2025. With this strength across the business, combined with our expectations for the rest of the year, we continue to be on track to achieve our full-year earnings guidance, which we have again affirmed along with our long-term targets. David will share more about our results and guidance a bit later. I also want to acknowledge the great work of our state and corporate regulatory teams as they continue to successfully execute our regulatory …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John C. Griffith | Chief Executive Officer, President & Director | USD 2,995,176 | Male | 1967 | Active |
Cheryl D. Norton | Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer | USD 1,762,917 | Female | 1965 | Active |
David Bowler | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | USD 1,411,137 | Male | 1979 | Active |
Stacy A. Mitchell | Executive Vice President & General Counsel | USD 1,263,724 | Male | 1976 | Active |
Lori Sutton | Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer | USD 949,477 | Female | 1973 | Active |
Maureen Duffy | Executive Vice President of Communications & External Affairs | USD 895,247 | Female | 1970 | Active |
Deborah A. Degillio | Chief Technology & Information Officer | — | Female | 1972 | Active |
Melissa K. Wikle | Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer | — | Female | 1966 | Active |
Nicholas Santillo Jr. | Vice President of Digital Infrastructure & Security and Interim Head of Innovation & Technology | — | Male | — | Active |
Aaron Musgrave | Vice President of Investor Relations | — | Male | — | Active |
BELLEVILLE, Ill., July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As the water industry faces growing workforce needs, Illinois American Water is dedicated to supporting programs and partnerships that create career opportunities that help develop the next generation of skilled water professionals.
American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
American Water Works (AWK) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.61 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.59 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.48 per share a year ago.
American Water Works Co Inc (AWK) released its 8-K filing on July 29, 2026, detailing its second-quarter earnings. The company continues to position itself favo
Second quarter 2026 GAAP earnings were $1.61 per share, compared to $1.48 per share in 2025; year-to-date 2026 earnings were $2.61 per share, compared to $2.53 per share in 2025 Second quarter 2026 adjusted (non-GAAP) earnings of $1.61 per share, compared to $1.49 per share in the same quarter in 2025 and year-to-date 2026 adjusted earnings of $2.62 per share, compared to $2.51 per share in the same period in 2025 2026 earnings per share guidance range of $6.02 to $6.12 affirmed; long-term targets affirmed Significant regulatory execution YTD on several fronts, including PA with new rates to go into effect August 13 2026 capital investment plan of $3.7 billion on track; approx. 52,000 customer connections added from acquisitions through June 30, which includes the Nexus Water systems Progress continues on proposed merger with Essential Utilities; three states have approved, settlement in principle reached in Texas, and integration planning progressing CAMDEN, N.J.
