AWK vs OKTA Comparison

American Water Works is the largest investor-owned US water and wastewater utility, serving nearly 4 million customers in 14 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts with regulated-like returns. The proposed Essential Utilities acquisition would add regulated water and wastewater utilities in Ohio, North Carolina, and Texas while increasing its presence in Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia.

Okta is a cloud-native security company specializing in identity and access management. The San Francisco-based firm went public in 2017 and serves two key client stakeholder groups: workforces and customers. Okta's workforce offerings enable a company's employees, contractors, and partners to securely access its cloud-based and on-premises resources. The firm's customer offering, delivered via its Auth0 platform, allow clients to provide secure access experiences to their own end users.