---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-005872"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWR"
cik: "0001056903"
company_name: "AMERICAN STATES WATER CO"
filed_at: "2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T16:55:09.831083+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AWR Q4 EPS $0.50; adjusted $0.56 (+9.8%); water rate case delay reduced EPS by $0.09; dividend $0.3975

## Summary
- Q4 2022 diluted EPS $0.50 (down $0.05 YoY); full year $2.11 (down $0.44). Water segment $0.28 vs $0.36; electric $0.08 vs $0.07; contracted services $0.17 vs $0.13.
- Adjusted Q4 EPS $0.56 (+9.8% YoY) and adjusted full year $2.59 (+$0.12) excluding rate case delay and investment gains/losses.
- Water rate case delay: if 2022 rates had been approved, Q4 EPS would have been $0.09 higher, full year $0.38 higher.
- Investment gains/losses: Q4 $0.03 gain vs $0.04 gain in 2021; full year $0.10 loss vs $0.08 gain in 2021.
- Dividend: $0.3975 per share paid March 1, 2023; 68 consecutive years of increases; policy of >7% CAGR.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-005872
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWR
- cik: 0001056903
- company_name: AMERICAN STATES WATER CO
- filed_at: 2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000162828023005872/0001628280-23-005872-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000162828023005872/awr-20230301.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AMERICAN STATES WATER CO reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: EPS $0.50.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - EPS: $0.50
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 1, 2023 , American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR) released earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000162828023005872/0001628280-23-005872-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  AMERICAN STATES WATER CO reported the quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: EPS basic and fully diluted earnings per share of $0.50.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - EPS: basic and fully diluted earnings per share of $0.50
  - Result: reported results
  source text: American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR) today reported basic and fully diluted earnings per share of $0.50 for the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000162828023005872/0001628280-23-005872-index.htm

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