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Water Supply: capital spending and supply chain

SIC 4941 · 7 companies with filed cash-flow statements

Capital spending, 12 months$3.8B
Operating cash flow$2.6B
Capex / cash flow145%
Capex / revenue34.4%
Top 3 share97%

Analysis

7 companies in Water Supply (SIC 4941) spent $3.8B on capital projects over their latest twelve months, 145% of the $2.6B their operations generated; the three largest spenders — AWK, AWR, ARTNA — account for 97%.

Capital spending is 34.4% of the industry's $11.1B of annual revenue.

By the industry's asset mix most of it goes to structures (41%); about $704M is imported.

The largest supplier of that spending is other nonresidential structures ($1.0B).

Its largest supplying industries, by the input-output tables: imports ($538M), architectural, engineering, and related services ($276M), other state and local government enterprises ($150M).

Charts

Water Supply: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsWater Supply: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsAWK$3.5BAWR$216MARTNA$58.4MYORW$47.9MGWRS$37.5MCWCO$9.5MCDZI$5.1M
Filed cash-flow statements (SEC XBRL).
Water Supply: what the capital spending buys (US part)Water Supply: what the capital spending buys (US part)Structures$1.3BEquipment$1.1BSoftware$515MOther$256M
Capital spending × the industry’s asset mix (BEA fixed assets): grade C, an industry average applied to filed figures.
Water Supply: the industries that build and sell what it buysWater Supply: the industries that build and sell what it buysOther nonresidential structures$1.0BSoftware publishers$281MAll other miscellaneous manufactu…$140MIndustrial process variable instr…$133MPower and communication structures$132MSearch, detection, and navigation…$124MComputer systems design services$114MCustom computer programming servi…$103MAnalytical laboratory instrument …$97.8MElectricity and signal testing in…$84.9M
BEA fixed assets: investment by asset type → supplying industry. Estimates (grade C).
Water Supply: its first-tier supplying industriesWater Supply: its first-tier supplying industriesImports$538MArchitectural, engineering, and r…$276MOther state and local government …$150MAccounting, tax preparation, book…$133MPetroleum refineries$133MElectric power generation, transm…$119MOther real estate$113MMonetary authorities and deposito…$107MOil and gas extraction$76.6MMachinery, equipment, and supplies$72.2M
Purchased inputs × the industry’s input mix (BEA Use table), US part: grade C.
Water Supply: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Water Supply: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Operating cash flow$5.4BOther investing (out)−$4.5BCapital spending−$3.8BOther financing (in)$2.5BDividends−$1.6BShares issued$1.4BNet borrowing$1.3BOther investing (in)$661MCash added to the balance she…−$593MAcquisitions−$440MNet debt repaid−$289MCash drawn from the balance s…$130MOperating cash outflow−$26.1MOther financing (out)−$22.5M
The companies’ cash-flow statements, latest four quarters or fiscal year: every figure filed (grade A).

Capital spending by company

CompanyCapital spendingOperating cash flowCapex / OCFPeriod
AWK American Water Works Company$3.5B$2.3B150%TTM to Q3 2026
AWR American States Water$216M$237M91%TTM to Q2 2026
ARTNA Artesian Resources$58.4M$40.3M145%TTM to Q2 2026
YORW York Water$47.9M$36.3M132%TTM to Q3 2026
GWRS Global Water Resources$37.5M$18.8M200%TTM to Q3 2026
CWCO Consolidated Water$9.5M$39.8M24%TTM to Q2 2026
CDZI Cadiz$5.1M−$26.1M—TTM to Q2 2026

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Evidence grades: A filed figure · B computed from filed figures · C industry average (BEA input-output and fixed-asset tables) applied to filed figures. Estimates are not the companies’ own records. Not investment advice.