American States Water Company (AWR) raised its quarterly dividend to $0.5455 per share from $0.504 — a +8.2% change — effective with the ex-dividend date of 2026-08-17.
For the latest payment, the record date is 2026-08-17 and payment is scheduled for 2026-09-02.
At the last price of $88.63, the quarterly rate annualizes to $2.18 per share — a dividend yield of about 2.46%.
The company shows 41 full calendar year(s) of payment history in our data and annual totals up 23 consecutive year(s).
Dividend growth (annual totals, split-adjusted): +8.3% over 1 year, +8.3% over 3 years, +8.7% over 5 years, +8.3% over 10 years annualized.
The payout ratio — the share of earnings paid out as dividends — stands near 57%.
AWR currently scores 59/100 on our DividendRank, which weighs yield, payout coverage, profitability, valuation and payment reliability across our covered universe (methodology on the site).
Among Regulated Water dividend payers we cover, current yields include: CWT (2.70%), MSEX (2.47%), YORW (2.68%).
A rising regular dividend is one signal income investors track for payout durability — it is history, not a guarantee of future increases.
Special and one-time payments are excluded from this comparison; the figures reflect the regular dividend only. Figures are drawn from our structured dividend and pricing dataset as of publication and may change with later data. This note is informational research, not advice.