---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001410636-23-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWK"
cik: "0001410636"
company_name: "American Water Works Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T12:22:42.419010+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Water Q1 EPS $0.91 vs $0.87; affirms 2023 guidance $4.72-$4.82

## Summary
- Net EPS of $0.91, up from $0.87 in Q1 2022; long-term 7-9% EPS and dividend growth targets reaffirmed.
- 2023 EPS guidance range affirmed at $4.72-$4.82; capital plan on track for ~$2.9B in 2023.
- Invested $538M in Q1; completed $1.7B equity issuance from 12.65M shares in March.
- Agreed to acquire Towamencin wastewater system (PA) for $104M and Granite City treatment plant (IL) for $83M.
- Published 2022 ESG and inclusion, diversity & equity summaries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001410636-23-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWK
- cik: 0001410636
- company_name: American Water Works Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063623000065/0001410636-23-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063623000065/awk-20230426.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  American Water Works Company, Inc. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2023 results: EPS $0.91 per share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - EPS: $0.91 per share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, of $0.91 per share, compared to $0.87 per share in 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063623000065/0001410636-23-000065-index.htm

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