American Water Works Dividend yield

American Water Works is part of Gas Water and Multiutilities business, which is part of Utilities industry. American Water Works is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

American Water Works stock dividend

American Water Works paid a total dividend of 552 million USD last year, for a market value of 27,054 millions (Market Cap 26,984 millions). American Water Works dividend per share is 2.83 USD, and his stock market price 138.74 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, American Water Works has a dividend yield of 2.04%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Utilities industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare American Water Works stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

American Water Works Dividend Payout

About the ability of American Water Works to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.83 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.04%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). American Water Works payout on ernings is currently 59.96%, which is higher than the market average, but lower than companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that American Water Works should not have problems to continue paying his dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of American Water Works is USD 5.69 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.83, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of American Water Works, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Gas Water and Multiutilities sector companies.

American Water Works Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of American Water Works's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.04%	2.83	59.96%	195
2022	1.72%	2.62	37.48%	182
2021	1.28%	2.42	60.80%	182
2020	1.43%	2.19	62.57%	181
2019	1.63%	2.00	60.98%	181
2018	2.01%	1.82	59.48%	181
2017	1.81%	1.66	63.12%	178
2016	2.07%	1.50	56.60%	179
2015	2.35%	1.36	49.64%	179

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of American Water Works dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Gas Water and Multiutilities stocks.

American Water Works Stock performance

Finally, last moth American Water Works showed a return of -5.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -6.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Gas Water and Multiutilities firms.