American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Dividend Yield (2011 - 2026)
American Water Works Company (AWK) recorded Dividend Yield of 2.52% in Q2 2026, up 0.27 percentage points from 2.24% a year earlier and up 0.09 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Dividend Yield (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, American Water Works Company reported Dividend Yield of 2.48%, up 0.07 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Dividend Yield has increased for four straight years, with a five-year change of +1.09 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Dividend Yield came in at 2.41% in FY2024 (+0.34 pp), 2.07% in FY2023 (+0.38 pp), 1.68% in FY2022 (+0.44 pp) and 1.25% in FY2021 (-0.15 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Dividend Yield since Q2 2015.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividend Yield has increased for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.12 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Dividend Yield in the last five years was a gain of 0.64 percentage points in Q1 2024, against a drop of 0.24 percentage points in Q1 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 2.43% (Q1 2026), 2.48% (Q4 2025) and 2.29% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.52% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.43% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.48% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.24% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.07% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.41% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.01% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.23% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.31% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.07% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.13% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.78% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.67% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.68% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.94% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.65% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.45% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.25% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.36% |
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American Water Works Company, Inc. Dividend Yield API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "ticker": "AWK", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();