American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) on Decifer

Why it ranks here

• Sales are growing about 10% a year, faster than 42 in 100 companies we measure.
• On making cash and being able to carry its debts it is safer than 51 in 100 companies we measure.
• It earns about 4% a year on the money put into the business, better than 22 in 100 companies we measure.
• It costs about 23 times its yearly profit; the middle of its industry is 22. Cheaper than 41 in 100 companies we measure, against their own industries.

The current read

The evidence on AWK lines up on the supportive side: the intelligence feed flags this name as connected to what is moving markets now. The independent signals we track are telling the same story.

Themes

• Water Infrastructure & Resource Resilience: Municipal water systems in developed markets are past their design life at the same time as data centres, chip fabs and hotter summers raise industrial draw, so replacement spending is being forced by regulation rather than chosen.

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