Key Highlights

  • Global Water declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.02533 per share, payable October 30, 2026, to holders of record October 16.
  • The company’s second-quarter release states the monthly dividend as $0.30396 annualized, and every 2026 declaration has been $0.02533.
  • Second-quarter revenue rose 24.8% to $17.8 million, with regulated revenue up 9.9% to $15.7 million.
  • On September 1, 2026, the company announced $20 million of additional liquidity through a private placement and a larger revolver.

Global Water Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:GWRS) declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.02533 per share on September 30, 2026, payable on October 30 to holders of record on October 16. The Phoenix-based water utility has declared the same monthly amount in each of the nine declarations listed for 2026. Its second-quarter release stated the monthly dividend as $0.30396 annualized.

Dividend Program and Shareholder Returns

The dividend is $0.02533 per common share, payable on October 30, 2026, to holders of record at the close of business on October 16, 2026, which is also the ex-dividend date. The company’s dividend history lists nine monthly declarations in 2026, from January 30 through September 30, and each is $0.02533.

The most recent earlier declarations were dated August 31 (record September 16, paid September 30) and July 31 (record August 17, paid August 31).

Dividends paid in the six months ended June 30, 2026, were $4.374 million, compared with $3.928 million in the first six months of 2025. At August 7, 2026, the company had 28,795,352 shares of common stock outstanding.

About the Company

Global Water Resources, Inc. owns and operates 39 systems that provide water, wastewater and recycled water service, according to its September 1, 2026 release. It describes an integrated approach to managing the entire water cycle and says it recycles over 1 billion gallons of water annually, with 19.9 billion gallons recycled since 2004. Its shares trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Financial Performance Behind the Payout

Second-quarter revenue was $17.8 million, an increase of $3.5 million, or 24.8%, from the prior-year quarter. Regulated revenue rose $1.4 million, or 9.9%, to $15.7 million. The company pointed to the July 2025 acquisition of seven water systems from Tucson Water as one driver of regulated growth.

Unregulated revenue of $2.1 million came from infrastructure coordination and financing agreements tied to the June 2026 commissioning of the GW-Hassayampa wastewater reclamation facility.

For the first six months of 2026, net income was $2.4 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, up 8.1% from $2.2 million. Net cash provided by operating activities was $9.155 million, compared with $8.827 million a year earlier, and capital expenditures were $12.915 million, compared with $35.395 million.

Cash and cash equivalents were $1.458 million at June 30, 2026, compared with $4.080 million at December 31, 2025. Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash was $4.877 million. Utility plant, net, was $445.769 million.

Liquidity and Capital Spending

On September 1, 2026, Global Water announced $20 million of additional liquidity. The company sold 1,129,944 shares of common stock to accredited investors at $8.85 per share, raising about $10.0 million. It also increased the borrowing capacity of its revolving credit facility with Northern Trust from $20.0 million to $30.0 million, with a scheduled maturity date of August 30, 2028. Capacity drops to $25.0 million after future capital market activity.

The company said the proceeds are for general corporate purposes, including working capital and capital expenditures. Its business strategy, as stated in the second-quarter release, includes continuing to aggregate water and wastewater utilities through strategic acquisitions.

Outlook

Global Water has declared a monthly dividend of $0.02533 per share through its September 30 declaration, with the next payment on October 30, 2026.

Operating cash flow, capital expenditures, connection growth, regulated and unregulated revenue, and the board’s monthly declarations are the relevant factors for the dividend.