---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-005932"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWR"
cik: "0001056903"
company_name: "AMERICAN STATES WATER CO"
filed_at: "2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T21:38:11.845371+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AWR Q4 2023 EPS $0.55 (+10% YoY); full-year adj. EPS $2.85; dividend up to $0.43/qtr

## Summary
- Q4 2023 GAAP diluted EPS $0.55 vs $0.50 prior year; adjusted Q4 EPS $0.55 vs $0.53.
- Full-year 2023 GAAP EPS $3.36 vs $2.11; adjusted EPS $2.85 vs $2.24, up $0.41 (17.5%).
- Water utility spent $175.7M in company-funded capex in 2023 (historic high); filed new GRC with $611.4M infrastructure plan for 2025-2027.
- Quarterly dividend increased 8.2% to $0.43/share; five-year CAGR of 9.4%.
- CPUC approved deferral of next cost of capital filing to 2025; ROE for 2024 set at 10.06% via WCCM.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-005932
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWR
- cik: 0001056903
- company_name: AMERICAN STATES WATER CO
- filed_at: 2024-02-21T23:59:59+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/1056903/000162828024005932/0001628280-24-005932-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000162828024005932/awr-20240221.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-005932.txt

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