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American Water Works stock buybacks

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—No share repurchases in the company’s standard SEC financial data for the last twelve months.

American Water Works’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q4 2020.

Stock repurchases by quarter
$0$1$1Q3 '20Q3 '21Q3 '22Q3 '23Q3 '24Q2 '26
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PeriodValue
Q3 '20$0
Q4 '20$0
Q1 '21$0
Q2 '21$0
Q3 '21$0
Q4 '21$0
Q1 '22$0
Q2 '22$0
Q3 '22$0
Q4 '22$0
Q1 '23$0
Q2 '23$0
Q3 '23$0
Q4 '23$0
Q1 '24$0
Q2 '24$0
Q3 '24$0
Q4 '24$0
Q1 '25$0
Q2 '25$0
Q3 '25$0
Q4 '25$0
Q1 '26$0
Q2 '26$0
Diluted shares outstanding
182.6M189.0M195.4MQ3 '20Q3 '21Q3 '22Q3 '23Q3 '24Q3 '25Q2 '26
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PeriodValue
Q3 '20182.0M
Q4 '20184.0M
Q1 '21182.0M
Q2 '21182.0M
Q3 '21182.0M
Q4 '21182.0M
Q1 '22182.0M
Q2 '22182.0M
Q3 '22182.0M
Q4 '22182.0M
Q1 '23186.0M
Q2 '23195.0M
Q3 '23195.0M
Q4 '23196.0M
Q1 '24195.0M
Q2 '24195.0M
Q3 '24195.0M
Q4 '24195.0M
Q1 '25195.0M
Q2 '25195.0M
Q3 '25195.0M
Q4 '25195.0M
Q1 '26195.0M
Q2 '26196.0M
$0last quarter (Q2 2026)
−$13Mnet of stock compensation ($13M)
+0.5%diluted shares, 1 year
+7.1%diluted shares, 5 years
$658Mdividends, 12 months
—of free cash flow (−$1.0B) spent on buybacks
$476Mraised by issuing stock, 12 months
198.7Mshares outstanding (Jul 20, 2026)

American Water Works’s recent filings don’t report repurchases in the standard XBRL fields we read. That usually means it didn’t buy back stock, but some companies report buybacks only in custom fields. Check its latest 10-Q to be sure.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearBuybacksDividendsStock payFree cash flowDiluted sharesFiling
2021$0$428M$17M−$323M182.0M10-K
2020$0$389M$21M−$396M182.0M10-K
2019$36M$353M$17M−$271M181.0M10-K
2018$45M$319M$16M−$200M180.0M10-K
2017$54M$289M$11M$15M179.0M10-K
2016$65M$261M$11M−$22M179.0M10-K
2015$126M$239M$11M$35M180.0M10-K

Questions

Does American Water Works buy back its stock?
American Water Works’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q4 2020.
How much did American Water Works spend on buybacks in fiscal 2021?
$0, according to its 10-K for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2021.
Is American Water Works's share count going down?
Its diluted share count changed +7.1% over five fiscal years and +0.5% over the last year.

Latest filing used: 10-Q for the period ending Jun 30, 2026, filed Jul 29, 2026 · open on SEC.gov

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