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Utilities · US · American Water Works Company, Inc.

3 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index
33
out of 100 · 3/6 ratios · FY 2023

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

  • Markup →

    How much revenue per dollar of cost.

    Not applicable to this sector.
    Regulated utilities have rate-bound revenue and do not break out COGS in a Markup-comparable way.
    See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Markup doesn't apply.
  • Operational Markup →

    Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.

    Not applicable to this sector.
    Regulated utilities have rate-bound revenue and do not break out COGS in a Markup-comparable way.
    See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Operational Markup doesn't apply.
  • Labor Share →

    How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.

    0.2086of revenue → workersapprox.verified
    21¢ of every $1 of revenue reaches workers
    Sector median: 0.2281Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Executive Extraction →

    How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.

    79.98× CEO / median workerverified
    CEO earns 80× the median worker
    Sector median: 69.08Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Shareholder Extraction →

    Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.

    Not applicable to this sector.
    Companies in Utility typically don't report R&D — their growth investment goes to capex, not research expense.
    See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Shareholder Extraction doesn't apply.
  • Capital Extraction →

    How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.

    0.3389× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
    34% of net profit returned to shareholders, 66% reinvested
    Sector median: 0.6126Bottom 8% for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0