---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-274009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWK"
cik: "0001410636"
company_name: "American Water Works Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T21:31:30.075826+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Water Q3 EPS $1.63 vs $1.53 YoY; affirms 2022 guidance, initiates 2023 EPS $4.72-4.82

## Summary
- Q3 2022 EPS $1.63 vs $1.53 in 2021; YTD EPS $3.70 vs $3.40.
- 2022 EPS guidance affirmed at $4.39-$4.49 on weather-normalized basis; 2023 guidance initiated at $4.72-$4.82.
- Year-to-date capital investments $1.9B on track for $2.5B in 2022; added 79,300 customer connections.
- Pennsylvania subsidiary agreed to acquire Butler Area Sewer Authority wastewater system for $231.5M (~14,700 connections).
- Rate case settlements achieved in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, supporting regulatory growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-274009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWK
- cik: 0001410636
- company_name: American Water Works Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312522274009/0001193125-22-274009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312522274009/d263360d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  American Water Works Company, Inc. reported the nine months ended September 30, 2022 results: EPS $3.70 per share.
  - Period: the nine months ended September 30, 2022
  - EPS: $3.70 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Year-to-date 2022 earnings of $3.70 per share, compared to $3.40 per share in 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312522274009/0001193125-22-274009-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  American Water Works Company, Inc. reported 2022 earnings guidance results: EPS $4.39 to $4.49 per share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: 2022 earnings guidance
  - EPS: $4.39 to $4.49 per share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: The Company affirms its 2022 earnings per share guidance range of $4.39 to $4.49 on a weather normalized basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312522274009/0001193125-22-274009-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  American Water Works Company, Inc. reported 2023 earnings guidance results: EPS $4.72 to $4.82 per share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: 2023 earnings guidance
  - EPS: $4.72 to $4.82 per share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Initiating 2023 earnings guidance range of $4.72 to $4.82 per share and affirming long-term EPS growth of 7-9%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312522274009/0001193125-22-274009-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  American Water Works Company, Inc. reported the quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: EPS $1.63 per share.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - EPS: $1.63 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, of $1.63 per share, compared to $1.53 per share in 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312522274009/0001193125-22-274009-index.htm

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