American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Shares Outstanding (Entity) (2009 - 2026)
American Water Works Company (AWK) posted Shares Outstanding (Entity) of 198.73 million for Q2 2026, up 1.9% from 195.1 million a year earlier and up 1.8% from the prior quarter.
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) Shares Outstanding (Entity) (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, American Water Works Company's Shares Outstanding (Entity) came in at 195.21 million, up 0.1% from FY2024.
- Annual Shares Outstanding (Entity) has increased for nine consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, American Water Works Company's Shares Outstanding (Entity) was 194.95 million in FY2024 (+0.1%), 194.76 million in FY2023 (+7.1%), 181.86 million in FY2022 (+0.1%) and 181.72 million in FY2021 (+0.2%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Shares Outstanding (Entity) in data going back to Q3 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Shares Outstanding (Entity) has increased in each of the last 33 quarters, with growth averaging 0.3% over the last eight quarters.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Shares Outstanding (Entity) ranged from 0.1% (Q4 2022) to 7.1% (Q1 2023).
- According to Business Quant data, Shares Outstanding (Entity) for the three prior quarters was 195.28 million (Q1 2026), 195.21 million (Q4 2025) and 195.12 million (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 198.73 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 195.28 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 195.21 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 195.12 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 195.10 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 195.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 194.95 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 194.89 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 194.86 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 194.82 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 194.76 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 194.70 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 194.67 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 194.64 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 181.86 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 181.83 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 181.79 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 181.75 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 181.72 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 181.54 Mn |
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American Water Works Company, Inc. Shares Outstanding (Entity) 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=shares-outstanding-entity&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding-entity", "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=shares-outstanding-entity&ticker=AWK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();