American Water Works's latest quarterly dividend was on Nov 13, 2023 (ex-date) with a payout of $0.708 per share. On an annualized basis, the company has a current payout of $2.78 per share. This brings the dividend yield to 2.11% based on its recent close price.
American Water Works's dividend yield of 2.11% is below the Utilities sector, the industry and its peers average. If we compare it with its Utilities sector average of 3.5%, American Water Works's dividend yield is 40% lower. Historically AWK's dividend yield has averaged at 1.6% in the last 5 years, which is less than the current yield.
American Water Works has been paying dividends since 2008. AWK has distributed four quarterly dividends in the past year. The annualized dividend per share has an increase of 8% for the last twelve months. And with the price of the stock down by 14% from a year ago, the dividend yield has an increase of 26%.
Ex-date | Payment date | Declared on | Amount | Type |
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Nov 13, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 | $0.708 | normal |
Aug 7, 2023 | Sep 1, 2023 | Jul 26, 2023 | $0.708 | normal |
May 8, 2023 | Jun 1, 2023 | Apr 26, 2023 | $0.708 | normal |
Feb 6, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 | Dec 7, 2022 | $0.655 | normal |
Nov 7, 2022 | Dec 1, 2022 | Oct 27, 2022 | $0.655 | normal |
Aug 8, 2022 | Sep 1, 2022 | Jul 27, 2022 | $0.655 | normal |
May 9, 2022 | Jun 1, 2022 | Apr 27, 2022 | $0.655 | normal |
Feb 7, 2022 | Mar 1, 2022 | Dec 9, 2021 | $0.603 | normal |
Nov 9, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | Oct 28, 2021 | $0.603 | normal |
Aug 9, 2021 | Sep 1, 2021 | Jul 28, 2021 | $0.603 | normal |
May 10, 2021 | Jun 1, 2021 | Apr 28, 2021 | $0.603 | normal |
Feb 5, 2021 | Mar 2, 2021 | Dec 10, 2020 | $0.55 | normal |
Nov 9, 2020 | Dec 2, 2020 | Oct 26, 2020 | $0.55 | normal |
Aug 11, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | Jul 29, 2020 | $0.55 | normal |
May 11, 2020 | Jun 2, 2020 | Apr 29, 2020 | $0.55 | normal |
Feb 6, 2020 | Mar 4, 2020 | Dec 6, 2019 | $0.5 | normal |
Nov 8, 2019 | Dec 4, 2019 | Oct 29, 2019 | $0.5 | normal |
Aug 8, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 | Jul 26, 2019 | $0.5 | normal |
May 10, 2019 | Jun 4, 2019 | Apr 17, 2019 | $0.5 | normal |
Feb 6, 2019 | Mar 1, 2019 | Dec 7, 2018 | $0.455 | normal |
Nov 8, 2018 | Dec 4, 2018 | Oct 30, 2018 | $0.455 | normal |
Aug 9, 2018 | Sep 4, 2018 | Jul 27, 2018 | $0.455 | normal |
May 10, 2018 | Jun 1, 2018 | Apr 20, 2018 | $0.455 | normal |
Feb 6, 2018 | Mar 1, 2018 | Dec 8, 2017 | $0.415 | normal |
Nov 9, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Oct 31, 2017 | $0.415 | normal |
Aug 7, 2017 | Sep 1, 2017 | Jul 28, 2017 | $0.415 | normal |
May 3, 2017 | Jun 1, 2017 | Apr 21, 2017 | $0.415 | normal |
Feb 3, 2017 | Mar 1, 2017 | Dec 9, 2016 | $0.375 | normal |
Nov 7, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 | Oct 28, 2016 | $0.375 | normal |
Aug 4, 2016 | Sep 1, 2016 | Jul 29, 2016 | $0.375 | normal |
May 5, 2016 | Jun 1, 2016 | Apr 22, 2016 | $0.375 | normal |
Feb 4, 2016 | Mar 1, 2016 | Dec 11, 2015 | $0.34 | normal |
Nov 5, 2015 | Dec 1, 2015 | Oct 30, 2015 | $0.34 | normal |
Aug 6, 2015 | Sep 1, 2015 | Jul 24, 2015 | $0.34 | normal |
American Water Works's payout ratio of 57.6% is below the Utilities sector, the industry and its peers average. Compared to its Utilities sector average of 62.8%, American Water Works's payout ratio is 8% lower.
Name | Dividend yield | DPS | Payout ratio |
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ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp | 2.57% | $1.14 | 72.8% |
SJW Sjw Group | 2.25% | $1.52 | 47.5% |
AWK American Water Works Company Inc | 2.09% | $2.78 | 57.6% |
YORW York Water Co | 2.05% | $0.81 | 51% |
AWR American States Water Co | 2.01% | $1.66 | 49.7% |
CWT California Water Service Group | 1.97% | $1.04 | 142.5% |
Yes, American Water Works has paid four dividends in the last twelve months. AWK has been paying dividends since 2008.
At this point we don't have a record of AWK's next dividend date, but based on the current dividend schedule we project that it will likely be in February 2024.
American Water Works's last dividend ex-date was on Nov 13, 2023. The dividend amount was $0.708 per share.
On an annual basis AWK pays $2.78 per share.
American Water Works's current dividend yield is 2.11%.
American Water Works pays dividends quarterly.
The dividend payout ratio of American Water Works is 57.6%.
American Water Works's dividend yield is less than the Utilities sector average.