American Water Works (AWK) insider buying and selling
Every Table I transaction reported by directors and officers of S&P 500 companies on SEC Form 4 filings (2 business days to file): each row labeled with its official transaction code, nothing filtered out beforehand.
Open-market purchases (code P) are the rare signal, in green; sales (code S) are common and often pre-scheduled (10b5-1). Table II (derivatives) is not included: its prices are exercise prices, not market values. Guide: insider buying.
| Date | Ticker | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Amount | % of stake | Type / filing |
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) insider buying and selling: none on the open market
31 Form 4 Table I transactions filed with the SEC by American Water Works Company, Inc. insiders between 2025-08-27 and 2026-05-13 (15-month history): 0 open-market purchases and 0 sales, plus 31 transactions under other Form 4 codes, broken down one by one below. There are no open-market purchases or sales in this period: every transaction carries another code, broken down below.
American Water Works insider buying and selling over the last 12 months
Between Oct 21, 2025 and Oct 20, 2026, no American Water Works insider filed an open-market purchase or sale (Form 4 codes P and S). They did file 29 transactions under other codes, broken down below.
Against its sector (Utilities, 31 companies with an insider page on this site), over the same dates the median is 5 sales and 0 purchases on the open market. American Water Works has no sales, like 4 of the other 30, and 11 of the 31 have at least one purchase.
The 20 most important trades
With no open-market buys or sells, these are its transactions under other codes, largest first. The full history is in the tool above, already searched.
See all 31 AWK trades in the full history →
| Trade date | Filed | Insider | Role | Amount | Code | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | 2026-02-18 | Griffith John C. | President and CEO | $548k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | SEC |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-02-02 | Griffith John C. | President and CEO | $417k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF1 Includes approximately 162 shares acquired pursuant to the automatic reinvestment in shares of common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") of cash dividends paid on Company common stock to the reporting person, received since the reporting person's last Form 4 report, which acquisitions are exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 16a-11 thereunder. | SEC |
| 2026-02-17 | 2026-02-18 | Norton Cheryl | EVP and COO | $389k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | SEC |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-02-02 | Norton Cheryl | EVP and COO | $229k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF1 Includes approximately 346 shares acquired pursuant to the automatic reinvestment in shares of common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") of cash dividends paid on Company common stock to the reporting person, received since the reporting person's last Form 4 report, which acquisitions are exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 16a-11 thereunder. | SEC |
| 2026-02-17 | 2026-02-18 | Duffy Maureen | EVP, Comms & External Affairs | $124k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | SEC |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-02-02 | Bowler David | EVP and CFO | $102k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | SEC |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-02-02 | Mitchell Stacy A. | EVP and General Counsel | $94k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF1 Includes approximately 80 shares acquired pursuant to the automatic reinvestment in shares of common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") of cash dividends paid on Company common stock to the reporting person, received since the reporting person's last Form 4 report, which acquisitions are exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 16a-11 thereunder. | SEC |
| 2026-02-17 | 2026-02-18 | Bowler David | EVP and CFO | $93k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | SEC |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-02-02 | Duffy Maureen | EVP, Comms & External Affairs | $78k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF1 Includes 560 shares acquired pursuant to the automatic reinvestment in shares of common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") of cash dividends paid on Company common stock to the reporting person, received since the reporting person's last Form 4 report, which acquisitions are exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 16a-11 thereunder. | SEC |
| 2026-02-17 | 2026-02-18 | Wikle Melissa K. | SVP, Chief Accounting Officer | $72k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | SEC |
| 2026-02-17 | 2026-02-18 | Mitchell Stacy A. | EVP and General Counsel | $70k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | SEC |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-02-02 | Wikle Melissa K. | SVP, Chief Accounting Officer | $41k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | SEC |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-02-02 | Sutton Lori | EVP, CHRO | $26k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | SEC |
| 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-13 | Edwards Jeffrey N | Director | A — Grant or award2 Form 4 footnotesF1 The shares indicated constitute units that settle solely in the common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") on a one-share-per-unit basis. The stock units vested on the date of grant and will be converted immediately into shares of Company common stock. F2 Includes 239 shares acquired pursuant to the automatic reinvestment in shares of Company common stock of cash dividends paid on Company common stock to the reporting person, received since the reporting person's last Form 4 report, which acquisition is exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 16a-11 thereunder. | SEC | |
| 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-13 | Grow Lisa A | Director | A — Grant or awardForm 4 footnoteF1 The shares indicated constitute units that settle solely in the common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") on a one-share-per-unit basis. The stock units vested on the date of grant and will be converted immediately into shares of Company common stock. | SEC | |
| 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-13 | Havanec Laurie P. | Director | A — Grant or awardForm 4 footnoteF1 The shares indicated constitute units that settle solely in the common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") on a one-share-per-unit basis. The stock units vested on the date of grant and will be converted immediately into shares of Company common stock. | SEC | |
| 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-13 | Johnson Julia L | Director | A — Grant or awardForm 4 footnoteF1 The shares indicated constitute units that settle solely in the common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") on a one-share-per-unit basis. The stock units vested on the date of grant and will be converted immediately into shares of Company common stock. | SEC | |
| 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-13 | Kampling Patricia L | Director | A — Grant or awardForm 4 footnoteF1 The shares indicated constitute units that settle solely in the common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") on a one-share-per-unit basis. The stock units vested on the date of grant and will be converted immediately into shares of Company common stock. | SEC | |
| 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-13 | Kurz Karl F | Director | A — Grant or awardForm 4 footnoteF1 The shares indicated constitute units that settle solely in the common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") on a one-share-per-unit basis. The stock units vested on the date of grant and will be converted immediately into shares of Company common stock. | SEC | |
| 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-13 | Marberry Michael | Director | A — Grant or awardForm 4 footnoteF1 The shares indicated constitute units that settle solely in the common stock of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the "Company") on a one-share-per-unit basis. The stock units vested on the date of grant and will be converted immediately into shares of Company common stock. | SEC |
The period balance: money in, money out
Between Aug 27, 2025 and May 13, 2026 there is no open-market activity in American Water Works Company, Inc.: the 31 filed transactions all carry other codes, and they are the ones in the table below.
Only codes P and S count, where an insider puts in or takes out their own money. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell: it is what was filed.
Every transaction, code by code
| Code | What it means | Trades | Reported amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Grant or award | 18 | $0 |
| F | Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | 13 | $2.3M |
| Total | Everything filed in the period | 31 | $2.3M |
18 of the 31 rows carry no usable amount on the Form 4: they count as trades and add $0. The code labels come from the SEC index.
Who has traded
Over the 15 months of history, 16 distinct people or entities have filed American Water Works Company, Inc. transactions: none bought on the open market and none sold. Counted by CIK, the fixed number the SEC gives each filer, and not by name, which each filer types their own way.
| Filer | Role | Transactions | Bought (count) | Sold (count) | Last filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler David | EVP and CFO | 3 | — | — | 2026-02-18 |
| Duffy Maureen | EVP, Comms & External Affairs | 3 | — | — | 2026-02-18 |
| Griffith John C. | President and CEO | 3 | — | — | 2026-02-18 |
| Mitchell Stacy A. | EVP and General Counsel | 3 | — | — | 2026-02-18 |
| Norton Cheryl | EVP and COO | 3 | — | — | 2026-02-18 |
| Sutton Lori | EVP, CHRO | 3 | — | — | 2026-02-18 |
| Wikle Melissa K. | SVP, Chief Accounting Officer | 3 | — | — | 2026-02-18 |
| Grow Lisa A | Director | 2 | — | — | 2026-05-13 |
Shown here are the 8 who moved the most money, out of 16. The rest are in the full history, one link above. The name links to all their trades, in any company. "Transactions" counts any code; the money, open market only. Role: from their latest filing.
Month by month
Across the 15 months of history there is no open-market trade at all in American Water Works Company, Inc., so no calendar is published: 15 rows of zeros would fake a pattern where there is no sample to read. Everything filed is listed, with its date, in the tables above.
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How to read this data
American Water Works has no open-market purchase (code P) in the history, the most common case in the S&P 500: insiders are already paid in stock. The latest filing is from May 13, 2026, and a Form 4 arrives up to two business days after the trade.
11 of the 20 rows in the table carry footnotes from the Form 4 itself, folded into the code column and copied verbatim; a row with no footnote means the filing has none.
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What is behind these trades
The concepts on this page, explained from scratch in the Academy. Free, no account.
- What the efficiency hypothesis says and what it does NOT sayIf an insider's purchase is public and anyone can read it, is there any information left in it? That is the exact question that brings people here.
- Who really moves the market: the types of investorWho sits on the other side of each order, and where a company's own insiders fit among them.
- Supply, demand and price: why it rises and falls constantlyHow a piece of news ends up inside the price, and why the reaction to a filed sale is rarely the one you would expect.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4. This is a list of public facts, not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell.