Discounted Cash Flow

American Water Works Company, Inc.

AWK · Based on 10 years of SEC filings

DCF estimate unavailable — No positive free cash flow in recent history — company has not generated positive FCF

Average annual growth rates

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income
Dividends

Average annual growth is the mean year-over-year change across each period.

Endpoint CAGR (better for long term trend)

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Endpoint CAGR is the compound annual rate from the first to last year in each period.

Projections use average year-over-year growth. Change this in Settings.

Projected growth rate

Free cash flow growth
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Averaged growth (FCF & NI)
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Net income growth
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Sales growth (not added to calculations)
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Historical inputs (10 fiscal years)

YEAR Sales Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Margin EPS (diluted)
2016 $-325.0m $468.0m $-35.0m -144.0% $2.63
2017 $-342.0m (-5.2%) $426.0m (-9.0%) $15.0m (142.9%) -124.6% (13.5%) $2.39 (-9.1%)
2018 $3.4b (1099.1%) $567.0m (33.1%) $-200.0m (-1433.3%) 16.6% (113.3%) $3.16 (32.2%)
2019 $3.6b (5.0%) $621.0m (9.5%) $-271.0m (-35.5%) 17.3% (4.3%) $3.44 (8.9%)
2020 $3.7b (4.3%) $709.0m (14.2%) $-396.0m (-46.1%) 18.9% (9.4%) $3.91 (13.7%)
2021 $3.9b (4.6%) $1.3b (78.1%) $-323.0m (18.4%) 32.3% (70.4%) $6.96 (78.0%)
2022 $3.8b (-3.9%) $820.0m (-35.1%) $-1.2b (-268.1%) 21.8% (-32.5%) $4.51 (-35.2%)
2023 $4.2b (12.1%) $944.0m (15.1%) $-701.0m (41.0%) 22.4% (2.7%) $4.90 (8.6%)
2024 $4.7b (10.3%) $1.1b (11.3%) $-811.0m (-15.7%) 22.6% (0.9%) $5.39 (10.0%)
2025 $5.1b (10.1%) $1.1b (5.7%) $-1.1b (-31.6%) 21.7% (-4.0%) $5.69 (5.6%)

Base FCF: (latest fiscal year)

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Terminal growth:

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Values abbreviated: b = billions, m = millions, k = thousands.

Projected cash flows

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Enterprise value (DCF):

DCF price per share:

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Alternative DCF Models

Model Fair Value Upside PV(FCFs) PV(Terminal) Total Years
Standard (10yr→TV) 10 + TV
Alt A (Gradual Decline)
Alt B (30yr Hard Stop) N/A

This is a simplified DCF model for illustration. It uses reported free cash flow, a single growth assumption, fixed WACC, and a Gordon Growth terminal value. It is not investment advice.

+ 10YR Financials Balance Sheet (10YR) Cash Flow (10YR) DCF Model

No positive free cash flow in recent history — company has not generated positive FCF

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