American Water Works Dividends
The next dividend date for American Water Works is November 13, 2025.
A dividend of $0.83 per share is scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for American Water Works (AWK)
More About American Water Works
American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services on military installations; and undertakes contracts with municipal customers, primarily to operate and manage water and wastewater facilities, as well as offers other related services. The company also operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 520 groundwater treatment plants; 190 wastewater treatment plants; 54,500 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection mains and pipes; 1,200 groundwater wells; 1,800 water and wastewater pumping stations; 1,100 treated water storage facilities; and 75 dams. In addition, it offers water and wastewater services to 14 states serving approximately 3.5 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems. American Water Works Company, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.
Owning American Water Works Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own American Water Works stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of American Water Works stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of American Water Works stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying American Water Works stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the American Water Works dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
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