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American Water Works Co (American Water Works Co) PB Ratio

: 2.38 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-24), American Water Works Co's share price is $119.87. American Water Works Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $50.31. Hence, American Water Works Co's PB Ratio of today is 2.38.

Good Sign:

American Water Works Co Inc stock PB Ratio (=2.37) is close to 5-year low of 2.28

The historical rank and industry rank for American Water Works Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

AWK' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.53   Med: 2.76   Max: 5.02
Current: 2.38

During the past 13 years, American Water Works Co's highest PB Ratio was 5.02. The lowest was 1.53. And the median was 2.76.

AWK's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
78.13% of 512 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.4 vs AWK: 2.38

During the past 12 months, American Water Works Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 18.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of American Water Works Co was 902.90% per year. The lowest was -89.00% per year. And the median was 6.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


American Water Works Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Water Works Co's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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American Water Works Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.63 4.31 4.70 3.60 2.62

American Water Works Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.60 2.99 2.86 2.44 2.62

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, American Water Works Co's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


American Water Works Co PB Ratio Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, American Water Works Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Water Works Co's PB Ratio falls into.



American Water Works Co PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

American Water Works Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=119.87/50.311
=2.38

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


American Water Works Co  (NYSE:AWK) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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American Water Works Co (American Water Works Co) Business Description

Address
1 Water Street, Camden, NJ, USA, 08102-1658
American Water Works is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility, serving approximately 3.5 million customers in 16 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts with regulated-like returns.
Executives
Michael Marberry director 3050 SPRUCE STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63103
Martha Clark Goss director C/O OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 1661 WORTHINGTON RD, SUITE 100, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33409
Laurie P. Havanec director ONE CARRIER PLACE, FARMINGTON CT 06032
Melanie M Kennedy officer: SVP, Human Resources 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
John C. Griffith officer: EVP Chief Financial Officer 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
James H Gallegos officer: EVP and General Counsel 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
Cheryl Norton officer: SVP,Chief Envrn Off & East Div 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
Melissa K. Wikle officer: Vice President and Controller 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
Walter Lynch officer: Executive VP, Eastern Division 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
Maureen Duffy officer: VP,Corp.Comm.&External Affairs 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
Adam W. Noble officer: Chief Tech. & Innov. Officer 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
Lloyd M Yates director 1N 2ND ST, HARTSVILLE SC 29550
Bruce A Hauk officer: Pres, Reg. Ops & Military Serv 110 W. TAYLOR STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Kevin B Kirwan officer: SVP, Chief Op Excel&Safety Off 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
Michael A Sgro officer: Interim General Counsel 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658