American States Water — Feb 18, 2026 release

AWR has grown its quarterly dividend rate at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5% over the last five years since the first quarter of 2021, and has achieved a 10-year CAGR of 8.3% in its calendar year dividend payments through 2025. AWR’s current policy is to achieve a CAGR in the dividend of more than 7% over the long-term. Non-GAAP Financial Measures This press release includes a discussion on AWR’s operations in terms of diluted earnings per share by business segment, which is each business segment’s reported and adjusted (if applicable) earnings divided by the company’s weighted average number of diluted common shares. In this press release, the impact of a one-time tax benefit reported during the fourth quarter of 2024 at the water segment has been excluded when communicating AWR’s consolidated and the water segment’s results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024. In addition, the impact of retroactive rates related to the full 2023 year and the second-year rate increases through the nine months ended September 30, 2024 reported during the fourth quarter of 2024 at the electric segment has been excluded when communicating AWR’s consolidated and the electric segment’s results for the three months ended December 31, 2024. These adjustments have been excluded from the analysis to help facilitate comparisons of the company’s performance from period to period. All of these measures are derived from consolidated financial information but are not presented in our fi