American Water Works Co Inc (AWK) is overvalued and California Water Service Group (CWT) is overvalued.
Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. AWK is the closer of the two: -23%, against -48% for CWT.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 7.4% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $108.41; the price of $133.82 is 23% above that value.
Leak Score 45/100 on 10 of 12 signals
Discounting its cash flows at 7.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $31.85; the price of $47.29 is 48% above that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 14/100 on 3 of 12 signals
| Metric | AWK | CWT |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Overvalued | Overvalued |
| Price | $133.82 | $47.29 |
| Intrinsic value | $108.41 | $31.85 |
| Margin of safety | -23% | -48% |
| Leak Score | 45/100 (10/12) | 14/100 (3/12) |
| Market cap | $26.6B | $2.9B |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 6.4% | 4.7% |
| Operating margin | 37.1% | 19.2% |
| Net margin | 21.4% | 12.6% |
| Return on equity | 10.1% | 7.7% |
| Debt to equity | 1.38 | 0.93 |
| P/E | 23.2x | 21.3x |
| Forward P/E | 20.3x | 17.2x |
| P/B | 2.3x | 1.6x |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 2.8% |