---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-037074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWR"
cik: "0001056903"
company_name: "AMERICAN STATES WATER CO"
filed_at: "2023-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T18:56:15.007916+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AWR Q3 EPS $0.85 up 23.2% YoY; files water rate case for $611M infrastructure plan

## Summary
- Q3 2023 diluted EPS $0.85 vs $0.69 in Q3 2022, up 23.2%; adjusted EPS up 16.4% to $0.85 vs $0.73.
- Water segment revenues increased $13.5M due to second-year rate increases from CPUC general rate case.
- In August 2023, filed water utility general rate case for 2025–2027 with $611.4M core infrastructure investment plan.
- Declared Q4 dividend of $0.43/share, payable Dec 1, 2023, marking 69 consecutive years of increases.
- CPUC approved 2024 cost of capital adjustment raising GSWC's return on equity to 10.06% effective Jan 1, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-037074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWR
- cik: 0001056903
- company_name: AMERICAN STATES WATER CO
- filed_at: 2023-11-06T23:59:59+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/1056903/000162828023037074/0001628280-23-037074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000162828023037074/awr-20231106.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AMERICAN STATES WATER CO reported third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: EPS basic and fully diluted earnings per share of $0.85 for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - EPS: basic and fully diluted earnings per share of $0.85 for the quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR) today reported basic and fully diluted earnings per share of $0.85 for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, as compared to basic and fully diluted earnings per share of $0.69 for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $0.16 per share, or 23.2%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000162828023037074/0001628280-23-037074-index.htm

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