---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001410636-23-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWK"
cik: "0001410636"
company_name: "American Water Works Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T10:59:28.632478+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Water reports full-year 2022 EPS $4.51, reaffirms 2023 guidance $4.72-$4.82

## Summary
- FY 2022 EPS $4.51 vs $6.95 prior year (incl. $2.70 HOS gain); weather-normalized EPS $4.45.
- Q4 2022 EPS $0.81 vs $0.85 (ex-HOS gain) in Q4 2021.
- Record capital investment of $2.6B in 2022; added 70,000 customer connections via acquisitions.
- Affirms 2023 EPS guidance $4.72-$4.82 and long-term 7-9% EPS/dividend growth targets.
- Constructive rate case outcomes in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001410636-23-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWK
- cik: 0001410636
- company_name: American Water Works Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063623000021/0001410636-23-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063623000021/awk-20230215.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001410636-23-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  American Water Works Company, Inc. reported the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 results: EPS $0.81 per share for the fourth quarter 2022 compared to $3.55 per share in 2021, and full year earnings in 2022 of $4.51. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - EPS: $0.81 per share for the fourth quarter 2022 compared to $3.55 per share in 2021, and full year earnings in 2022 of $4.51
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 15, 2023 , American Water Works Company, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063623000021/0001410636-23-000021-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  American Water Works Company, Inc. reported 2023 results: EPS $4.72 to $4.82. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: 2023
  - EPS: $4.72 to $4.82
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: The Company affirms its 2023 earnings per share guidance range of $4.72 to $4.82.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063623000021/0001410636-23-000021-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.