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American Water Works vs Essential Utilities: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

American Water Works brought in $5.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Essential Utilities $2.5B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by +9.7% at American Water Works and +18.6% at Essential Utilities on the year before, so Essential Utilities grew faster. American Water Works kept 21.6% of its revenue as net profit, Essential Utilities 24.9%.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

AWKWTRG
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$5.1B$2.5B
Revenue growth+9.7%+18.6%
Net income$1.1B$616.4M
Net margin21.6%24.9%
Free cash flow-$1.1Bn/a
Free cash flow margin-20.8%n/a
Earnings per share (diluted)$5.69$2.20
Cash$98M$34.8M
Debt$12.8B$8.1B
Price to earnings23.018.0
Market value$26B$11.2B
Dividend yield2.53%3.38%
Rank by revenue in sector#40 of 109 · Utilities#54 of 109 · Utilities

Over the years

Revenue
AWK FY2018: $3.4BAWK FY2019: $3.6BAWK FY2020: $3.8BAWK FY2021: $3.9BAWK FY2022: $3.8BAWK FY2023: $4.2BAWK FY2024: $4.7BAWK FY2025: $5.1BWTRG FY2018: $838.1MWTRG FY2019: $889.7MWTRG FY2020: $1.5BWTRG FY2021: $1.9BWTRG FY2022: $2.3BWTRG FY2023: $2.1BWTRG FY2024: $2.1BWTRG FY2025: $2.5BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AWK $5.1BWTRG $2.5B
Net income
AWK FY2018: $567MAWK FY2019: $621MAWK FY2020: $709MAWK FY2021: $1.3BAWK FY2022: $820MAWK FY2023: $944MAWK FY2024: $1.1BAWK FY2025: $1.1BWTRG FY2018: $192MWTRG FY2019: $224.5MWTRG FY2020: $284.8MWTRG FY2021: $431.6MWTRG FY2022: $465.2MWTRG FY2023: $498.2MWTRG FY2024: $595.3MWTRG FY2025: $616.4MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AWK $1.1BWTRG $616.4M
Net margin
AWK FY2018: 16.5%AWK FY2019: 17.2%AWK FY2020: 18.8%AWK FY2021: 32.1%AWK FY2022: 21.6%AWK FY2023: 22.3%AWK FY2024: 22.4%AWK FY2025: 21.6%WTRG FY2018: 22.9%WTRG FY2019: 25.2%WTRG FY2020: 19.5%WTRG FY2021: 23.0%WTRG FY2022: 20.3%WTRG FY2023: 24.3%WTRG FY2024: 28.5%WTRG FY2025: 24.9%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AWK 21.6%WTRG 24.9%
Revenue growth
AWK FY2019: +4.9%AWK FY2020: +4.6%AWK FY2021: +4.1%AWK FY2022: -3.5%AWK FY2023: +11.7%AWK FY2024: +10.6%AWK FY2025: +9.7%WTRG FY2019: +6.2%WTRG FY2020: +64.4%WTRG FY2021: +28.4%WTRG FY2022: +21.8%WTRG FY2023: -10.2%WTRG FY2024: +1.6%WTRG FY2025: +18.6%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AWK +9.7%WTRG +18.6%
Free cash flow
AWK FY2018: -$200MAWK FY2019: -$271MAWK FY2020: -$396MAWK FY2021: -$323MAWK FY2022: -$1.2BAWK FY2023: -$701MAWK FY2024: -$811MAWK FY2025: -$1.1BWTRG FY2018: -$127.2MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AWK -$1.1BWTRG -$127.2M

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about American Water Works and Essential Utilities

Which is bigger by revenue, American Water Works or Essential Utilities?

American Water Works is bigger by revenue: $5.1B in fiscal 2025, against $2.5B for Essential Utilities in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, American Water Works or Essential Utilities?

American Water Works had a net margin of 21.6% in fiscal 2025; Essential Utilities had 24.9% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, American Water Works or Essential Utilities?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +9.7% at American Water Works and +18.6% at Essential Utilities.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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