American Water Works Inc (AWK) Return on Equity ROE from the third quarter 2026 to third quarter 2025 and annually, average high and low, overall ranking from Sep 30 2026 to Sep 30 2025 - CSIMarket
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American Water Works Company Inc   (NYSE: AWK)
    Sector • Utilities    Industry • Water Supply
   Industry • Water Supply
   Sector • Utilities

American Water Works Inc 's ROE per quarter

Return on Equity, Quarterly Results, Trends, Rankings, Statistics


What is ROE for American Water Works Inc in the third quarter 2026?
American Water Works Company Inc achieved a return on average equity (ROE) of 9.99 % in its third quarter 2026, this is above AWK's average return on equity of 9.93%.
American Water Works Company Inc s equity during the 12 months ending in the third quarter 2026 are valued at $11 billion

ROE fell compared to the second quarter 2026, despite the net income growth of 22.86% from the second quarter 2026.

Within the Water Supply industry only one company had a higher return on equity. While return on equity, the total ranking has deteriorated compared to the second quarter 2026 from 1401 to 1424.

What is ROE?




Return On Equity (Sep 30 2026)
III. Quarter
(Jun 30 2026)
II. Quarter
(Mar 31 2026)
I. Quarter
(Dec 31 2025)
IV. Quarter
(Sep 30 2025)
III. Quarter
Y / Y Equity Change 9.39 % 9.2 % 4.78 % 4.89 % -
Y / Y Net Income Change 2.11 % 9 % -4.39 % -0.42 % 8.29 %
Net Income (TTM) in Millions 1,136 1,128 1,102 1,111 1,112
Return On Equity (TTM) 9.99 % 10.15 % 10.14 % 10.34 % 10.48 %
AWK's Total Ranking # 1424 # 1401 # 1173 # 1363 #
Equity (TTM) in Millions 11,931 11,665 11,037 10,837 10,907
Seq. Equity Change 2.28 % 5.69 % 1.85 % -0.64 % 2.11 %
Seq. Net Income Change 22.86 % 60.71 % -17.65 % -37.2 % 31.14 %

Return On Equity Company Ranking
Within: No.
Industry # 2
Sector # 43
Overall # 1424

Return On Equity Statistics
High Average Low
18.41 %
9.93 %
6.84 %
(Dec 31 2021)   (Jun 30 2011)





AWK Annual Return On Equity (Dec 31 2025)
2025
(Dec 31 2024)
2024
(Dec 31 2023)
2023
(Dec 31 2022)
2022
(Dec 31 2021)
2021
Total Equity in Millions 10,837 10,332 9,797 7,693 7,298
Y / Y Equity Change 4.89 % 5.46 % 27.35 % 5.41 % 13.08 %
Net Income in Millions 1,111 1,051 944 820 1,263
Y / Y Net Income Change 5.71 % 11.33 % 15.12 % -35.08 % 78.14 %
Return On Equity 10.25 % 10.17 % 9.64 % 10.66 % 17.31 %





Annual Roe Comment
In 2025 ROE improved to 10.25 % compared to the previous year, due to net income growth.


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Utilities Sector Return On Equity Statistics
AWK's' Return on Equity at Yahoo Finance
AWK's Roe Ratio versus Water Supply Industry, Utilities Sector and overall Market
Highest Ranking Return On Equity
Lowest Ranking Return On Equity
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Companies with similar Return On Equity at Sep 30 2026, within Utilities Sector ROE
Edison International  21.35 %
Genesis Energy Lp  21.26 %
Ipalco Enterprises Inc   17.94 %
Oneok Inc   16.20 %
Itc Holdings Corp   16.03 %
Nextdecade Corporation  13.87 %
Hawaiian Electric Industries inc   13.54 %
Wec Energy Group Inc   12.47 %
Kinder Morgan Inc   11.18 %
Xcel Energy Inc   11.01 %
Idacorp Inc   10.72 %
Wisconsin Electric Power Company  10.35 %
Middlesex Water Company  10.08 %
American Water Works Company Inc   9.99 %
Dt Midstream Inc   9.81 %
York Water Co  9.45 %
Dpl Llc  9.08 %
Consolidated Edison Inc   9.02 %
Unitil Corporation  8.76 %
Nisource Inc   8.44 %
One Gas Inc   8.35 %
Black Hills Corporation  8.09 %
California Water Service Group  7.75 %
Portland General Electric Company  6.54 %
H2o America  5.65 %
Global Water Resources Inc   2.77 %


Date modified: 2026-10-29T09:56:45+00:00



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