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AWR · NYSE

American States Water Co

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water

$85.35

+1.08%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Research data through Oct 28, 2026. Research is updated periodically, not in real time.

Quality

58

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 58 of 100, a middle-of-the-universe reading. The measurements behind it are mixed.

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Fundamental Momentum

Accelerating

62

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 62 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as accelerating. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.

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Capital Returns

Weak

33

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 33 of 100, recorded as weak. Stored records show 13 consecutive years of dividend payments. Share count has increased at about 1.3% a year in the stored window.

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Price / earnings
23.4

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What this company does

This annual report on Form 10-K is a combined report being filed by two separate Registrants, American States Water Company ("AWR") and Golden State Water Company ("GSWC"). References in this report to "Registrant" are to AWR and GSWC, collectively, unless otherwise specified. GSWC makes no representations as to the information contained in this report relating to AWR and its subsidiaries, other than GSWC.

AWR makes its annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, available free of charge through its website, www.aswater.com, as soon as those reports are electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Such reports are also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. AWR also makes available free of charge its code of conduct, its guidelines on significant governance issues, its recoupment policy, its insider trading policy and the charters of its Nominating and Governance Committee, Compensation Committee and Audit and Finance Committee through its website or by calling (877) 463-6297.

AWR is the parent company of GSWC, Bear Valley Electric Service, Inc. ("BVES") and American States Utility Services, Inc. ("ASUS") (and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Fort Bliss Water Services Company ("FBWS"), Old Dominion Utility Services, Inc. ("ODUS"), Terrapin Utility Services, Inc. ("TUS"), Palmetto State Utility Services, Inc. ("PSUS"), Old North Utility Services, Inc. ("ONUS"), Emerald Coast Utility Services, Inc. ("ECUS"), Fort Riley Utility Services, Inc. ( " FRUS " ), Bay State Utility Services LLC ( " BSUS " ), and Patuxent River Utility Services LLC ( " PRUS " ) ).

AWR has three reportable segments: water, electric and contracted services. Within the segments, AWR has three principal business units, water and electric service utility operations conducted through its regulated utilities GSWC and BVES, respectively, and contracted services conducted through ASUS and its subsidiaries.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 18, 2026. Read the filing

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