Dividends

AWRAmerican States Water Co

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+0.2% today · +23.7% over a year

9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 97% of the instruments we score

Quality, Trend, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 2.28%.

American States Water Co (AWR) dividends: trailing yield 2.28%, next ex-dividend date 16 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 92/100, not lowered for 25 years, 5-year growth 8.5% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
2.28%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.42%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.06
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
92 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
2.28% → 1.88%
Forward
2.42% → 1.99%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.88%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
16 Nov 2026
Payment date
02 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$0.5455
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+8.5%
Years without a lower dividend
25
Years without a cut of over 10 %
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
56%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
378%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.242, 2017 $0.994, 2018 $1.06, 2019 $1.16, 2020 $1.28, 2021 $1.40, 2022 $1.53, 2023 $1.66, 2024 $1.79, 2025 $1.942016: $0.2422017: $0.9942018: $1.062019: $1.162020: $1.282021: $1.402022: $1.532023: $1.662024: $1.792025: $1.94

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
16 Nov 202602 Dec 2026$0.5455RegularAnnounced1
17 Aug 202603 Sep 2026$0.546RegularVerified2
18 May 202603 Jun 2026$0.504RegularVerified2
23 Feb 202606 Mar 2026$0.504RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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