AMERICAN WATER REPORTS SOLID SECOND QUARTER RESULTS; NARROWS 2025 EPS GUIDANCE TO TOP HALF OF RANGE; AFFIRMS LONG-TERM TARGETS
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Second quarter 2025 earnings were
per share, compared to$1.48 per share in 2024; year-to-date 2025 earnings were$1.42 per share, compared to$2.53 per share in 2024$2.37 -
On a weather-normalized basis, year-to-date 2025 and 2024 results were
per share and$2.56 per share, respectively, a$2.34 9.4% increase; quarter and year-to-date 2025 and 2024 comparative results reflect a net unfavorable weather impact of an estimated per share$0.06
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On a weather-normalized basis, year-to-date 2025 and 2024 results were
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2025 earnings per share guidance range is narrowed to
to$5.70 from$5.75 to$5.65 , on a weather-normalized basis; long-term targets affirmed$5.75 - Agreement to purchase Nexus Water Group systems in eight states; approximately 87,000 customer connections under agreement in total as of July 30, 2025
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2025 capital investment plan of
on track;$3.3 billion of investment through June 30, 2025$1.3 billion
“The company delivered solid results for the first half of the year,� said John Griffith, President and CEO of American Water. “We are excited about the outlook for growth in the business, the foundation of which is continued investment in the communities we currently serve. We are also pleased with the positive momentum in our acquisition growth strategy, including the recently announced transaction to purchase Nexus Water Group systems in eight of our existing regulated states,� added Griffith. “Through this and other announced transactions, we will grow and continue to leverage our scale and size to deliver safe, clean, reliable and affordable water and wastewater services to customers.�
2025 EPS Guidance Narrowed to Top Half of Range; Long-Term Financial Targets Affirmed
The company’s 2025 earnings per share guidance range is now
Consolidated Results
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, earnings per share were
The company is on track to meet its capital investment plan for the year with investment of
Regulated Businesses
In the second quarter of 2025, the Regulated Businesses� net income was
Operating revenues increased
Since January 1, 2025, the company has been authorized additional annualized revenues of
Operating expenses were higher by
Interest expense was higher by
Dividends
On July 30, 2025, the company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of
2025 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call
The conference call to discuss second quarter 2025 earnings, 2025 earnings guidance, and long-term targets will take place on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at 9 a.m. Eastern Time. Interested parties may listen to an audio webcast through a link on the company’s Investor Relations website at . Presentation slides that will be used in conjunction with the earnings conference call will also be made available online in advance at . The company recognizes its website as a key channel of distribution to reach public investors and as a means of disclosing material non-public information to comply with its obligations under SEC Regulation FD.
Following the earnings conference call, a replay of the audio webcast will be available for one year on American Water’s investor relations website at .
About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK), a large capitalization value company, is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in
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Throughout this press release, unless the context otherwise requires, references to the “company� and “American Water� mean American Water Works Company, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries, taken together as a whole. All statements related to earnings and earnings per share refer to diluted earnings and diluted earnings per share.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release including, without limitation, 2025 earnings guidance, the company’s long-term financial, growth and dividend targets, the ability to achieve the company’s strategies and goals, customer affordability and acquired customer growth, the outcome of the company’s pending acquisition activity, the amount and allocation of projected capital expenditures, and estimated revenues from rate cases and other government agency authorizations, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Federal securities laws. In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by words with prospective meanings such as “intend,� “plan,� “estimate,� “believe,� “anticipate,� “expect,� “predict,� “project,� “propose,� “assume,� “forecast,� “outlook,� “likely,� “uncertain,� “future,� “pending,� “goal,� “objective,� “potential,� “continue,� “seek to,� “may,� “can,� “will,� “should� and “could� and or the negative of such terms or other variations or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are predictions based on American Water’s current expectations and assumptions regarding future events. They are not guarantees or assurances of any outcomes, financial results, levels of activity, performance or achievements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon them. The forward-looking statements are subject to a number of estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Actual results may vary materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements included in this press release as a result of the factors discussed in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and subsequent filings with the SEC, and because of factors such as: the decisions of governmental and regulatory bodies, including decisions to raise or lower customer rates; the timeliness and outcome of regulatory commissions� and other authorities� actions concerning rates, capital structure, authorized return on equity, capital investment, system acquisitions and dispositions, taxes, permitting, water supply and management, and other decisions; changes in customer demand for, and patterns of use of, water and energy, such as may result from conservation efforts, or otherwise; limitations on the availability of the company’s water supplies or sources of water, or restrictions on its use thereof, resulting from allocation rights, governmental or regulatory requirements and restrictions, drought, overuse or other factors; a loss of one or more large industrial or commercial customers due to adverse economic conditions, or other factors; present and future proposed changes in laws, governmental regulations and policies, including with respect to the environment (such as, for example, potential improvements or changes to existing Federal regulations with respect to lead and copper service lines and galvanized steel pipe), health and safety, data and consumer privacy, security and protection, water quality and water quality accountability, contaminants of emerging concern (including without limitation per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (collectively, “PFAS�)), public utility and tax regulations and policies, and impacts resulting from
These forward-looking statements are qualified by, and should be read together with, the risks and uncertainties set forth above, and the risk factors included in American Water’s annual, quarterly and other SEC filings, and readers should refer to such risks, uncertainties and risk factors in evaluating such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements American Water makes shall speak only as of the date of this press release. American Water does not have any obligation, and specifically disclaims any undertaking or intention, to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the company to predict all such factors. Furthermore, it may not be possible to assess the impact of any such factor on the company’s businesses, either viewed independently or together, or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. The foregoing factors should not be construed as exhaustive.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. and Subsidiary Companies
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For the Three Months Ended June 30, |
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For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
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|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
Operating revenues |
$ |
1,276 |
|
|
$ |
1,149 |
|
|
$ |
2,418 |
|
|
$ |
2,160 |
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Operation and maintenance |
|
480 |
|
|
|
427 |
|
|
|
948 |
|
|
|
843 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
221 |
|
|
|
193 |
|
|
|
437 |
|
|
|
381 |
|
General taxes |
|
86 |
|
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
173 |
|
|
|
162 |
|
Other |
|
� |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
� |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Total operating expenses, net |
|
787 |
|
|
|
700 |
|
|
|
1,558 |
|
|
|
1,385 |
|
Operating income |
|
489 |
|
|
|
449 |
|
|
|
860 |
|
|
|
775 |
|
Other (expense) income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Interest expense |
|
(151 |
) |
|
|
(131 |
) |
|
|
(295 |
) |
|
|
(255 |
) |
Interest income |
|
22 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
Non-operating benefit costs, net |
|
4 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Other, net |
|
12 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Total other (expense) income |
|
(113 |
) |
|
|
(88 |
) |
|
|
(214 |
) |
|
|
(172 |
) |
Income before income taxes |
|
376 |
|
|
|
361 |
|
|
|
646 |
|
|
|
603 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
87 |
|
|
|
84 |
|
|
|
152 |
|
|
|
141 |
|
Net income attributable to common shareholders |
$ |
289 |
|
|
$ |
277 |
|
|
$ |
494 |
|
|
$ |
462 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic earnings per share: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net income attributable to common shareholders |
$ |
1.48 |
|
|
$ |
1.42 |
|
|
$ |
2.53 |
|
|
$ |
2.37 |
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Diluted earnings per share: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net income attributable to common shareholders |
$ |
1.48 |
|
|
$ |
1.42 |
|
|
$ |
2.53 |
|
|
$ |
2.37 |
|
Weighted-average common shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic |
|
195 |
|
|
|
195 |
|
|
|
195 |
|
|
|
195 |
|
Diluted |
|
195 |
|
|
|
195 |
|
|
|
195 |
|
|
|
195 |
|
American Water Works Company, Inc. and Subsidiary Companies
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June 30, 2025 |
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December 31, 2024 |
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ASSETS |
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Property, plant and equipment |
$ |
36,137 |
|
|
$ |
35,059 |
|
Accumulated depreciation |
|
(7,205 |
) |
|
|
(7,021 |
) |
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
28,932 |
|
|
|
28,038 |
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
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Cash and cash equivalents |
|
94 |
|
|
|
96 |
|
Restricted funds |
|
17 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of |
|
424 |
|
|
|
416 |
|
Income tax receivable |
|
25 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Unbilled revenues |
|
434 |
|
|
|
315 |
|
Materials and supplies |
|
109 |
|
|
|
103 |
|
Other |
|
296 |
|
|
|
231 |
|
Total current assets |
|
1,399 |
|
|
|
1,215 |
|
Regulatory and other long-term assets: |
|
|
|
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Regulatory assets |
|
1,178 |
|
|
|
1,150 |
|
Secured seller promissory note from the sale of the Homeowner Services Group |
|
795 |
|
|
|
795 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
89 |
|
|
|
89 |
|
Goodwill |
|
1,151 |
|
|
|
1,144 |
|
Other |
|
369 |
|
|
|
399 |
|
Total regulatory and other long-term assets |
|
3,582 |
|
|
|
3,577 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
33,913 |
|
|
$ |
32,830 |
|
American Water Works Company, Inc. and Subsidiary Companies
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|
June 30, 2025 |
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December 31, 2024 |
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CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES |
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Capitalization: |
|
|
|
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Common stock ( |
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
Paid-in-capital |
|
8,621 |
|
|
|
8,598 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
2,445 |
|
|
|
2,112 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
5 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Treasury stock, at cost (5,452,694 and 5,451,216 shares, respectively) |
|
(391 |
) |
|
|
(392 |
) |
Total common shareholders' equity |
|
10,682 |
|
|
|
10,332 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
12,278 |
|
|
|
12,518 |
|
Redeemable preferred stock at redemption value |
|
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Total long-term debt |
|
12,281 |
|
|
|
12,521 |
|
Total capitalization |
|
22,963 |
|
|
|
22,853 |
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
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Short-term debt |
|
1,589 |
|
|
|
879 |
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
1,119 |
|
|
|
637 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
306 |
|
|
|
346 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
|
569 |
|
|
|
791 |
|
Accrued taxes |
|
107 |
|
|
|
156 |
|
Accrued interest |
|
119 |
|
|
|
111 |
|
Other |
|
182 |
|
|
|
230 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
3,991 |
|
|
|
3,150 |
|
Regulatory and other long-term liabilities: |
|
|
|
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Advances for construction |
|
410 |
|
|
|
383 |
|
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
|
2,990 |
|
|
|
2,881 |
|
Regulatory liabilities |
|
1,420 |
|
|
|
1,416 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
77 |
|
|
|
76 |
|
Accrued pension expense |
|
207 |
|
|
|
217 |
|
Other |
|
255 |
|
|
|
277 |
|
Total regulatory and other long-term liabilities |
|
5,359 |
|
|
|
5,250 |
|
Contributions in aid of construction |
|
1,600 |
|
|
|
1,577 |
|
Commitments and contingencies |
|
|
|
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Total capitalization and liabilities |
$ |
33,913 |
|
|
$ |
32,830 |
|
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