secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)
CIK:        0001410636
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001410636-26-000035
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

American Water reports 2025 adjusted EPS $5.64, up 8.9% YoY; affirms 2026 guidance
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- 2025 GAAP EPS $5.69 (vs $5.39 in 2024); adjusted EPS $5.64, up 8.9% YoY; Q4 GAAP EPS $1.22 flat YoY.
- Reaffirmed 2026 adjusted EPS guidance $6.02-$6.12 and long-term EPS & dividend growth targets of 7-9%.
- Invested $3.2B in capital in 2025; completed 18 acquisitions in 7 states.
- Shareholders of American Water and Essential Utilities overwhelmingly approved merger proposals on Feb 10, 2026.
- HOS $795M secured seller note repaid in full on Feb 13, 2026; dividend growth of 8.2% in 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063626000035/0001410636-26-000035-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063626000035/awk-20260218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001410636-26-000035

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