American Water Works

AWK · Utilities

Sustainability score

29.8Rank 476 overall / 5 in Utilities

American Water Works's distance from the ideal is driven mostly by Emissions intensity and FCF margin. It sits closest to the frontier on Controversy level.

5th percentile of the index, 87th percentile of Utilities

Environmental

Social

Financial/Operational

Distance-to-ideal decomposition

Emissions intensity

35%

ESG risk score

Controversy level

Asset turnover

22%

Net margin

FCF margin

28%

Net debt / EBITDA

Pillar weight shares: Environmental 24%, Social 23%, Financial/Operational 53%

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Net-zero scenario

AWK · American Water Works

Middle · middle 60% of Utilities · score 44.2 · rank 11/31

Cleanup cost: 0.55 yrs · n/a; Sector median 0.55 yrs
Revenue at risk: 0%; Sector median 65%
Revenue upside: 0%; Sector median 15%
Can it pay: 5.2x debt load; FCF margin -23% · sector median 5.4x

Verdict: BUYNo position to stressData: estimatedHeld at benchmark

Cleanup bill by source

Purchased electricity	n/a
On-site fuel combustion	n/a
Vehicle fleets	n/a
Process emissions	n/a
Fugitive emissions	n/a

Why

Benchmark: burden 0.55 years of earnings (sector median 0.55 years), fossil revenue 0%, beneficiary revenue 0%, net debt/EBITDA 5.2x; largest gaps to the sector ideal: beneficiary revenue share and transition burden.

American Water Works

Sustainability score

Net-zero scenario

AWK · American Water Works

Cleanup bill by source

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American Water Works

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Net-zero scenario

AWK · American Water Works

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