California Water Service Group (CWT)

NYSE: CWT · USD

$47.1

-0.71 (-1.5%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	2.9B
Revenue (ttm)	1.1B
Net income (ttm)	133.2M
EPS (ttm)	$2.23
Shares out	61.8M
P/E (trailing)	21.2x
P/E (forward)	18.5x
Dividend	$1.34 (2.83%)
Volume	147,364
Beta	0.48

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.1B
Net income (ttm): 133.2M
EPS (ttm): $2.23
P/E (trailing): 21.2x
P/E (forward): 18.5x
Market cap: 2.9B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E18.5

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Trailing P/E21.2

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ROE7.7

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ROIC4.1

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001035201
Company name	California Water Service Group
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	130788102
Earnings date	2026-10-29
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	1,336
Employees change	58
Employees growth	4.54%
Enterprise value	$4.5B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1926
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Utilities - Regulated Water
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US1307881029
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-27
Last earnings date	2026-07-29
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2011-06-13
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$2.9B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-10-29
Options	Yes
Price	$47.11
Price currency	USD
Sector	Utilities
SIC code	4941
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CWT
U.S. state	California
Website	https://www.calwatergroup.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	21.22x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	31.96x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	26.21x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	30.22x
Earnings yield	4.73%
EV/Earnings	34.21x
EV/EBIT	20.95x
EV/EBITDA	12.61x
EV/Sales	4.32x
FCF / EV yield	-5.17%
FCF yield	-8.07%
Forward EV/Sales	4.12x
Forward P/E	18.55x
Forward P/S	2.64x
Graham number	38.27096
Graham upside	-19.03%
Industry forward P/E	18.04x
Industry P/E	18.43x
Lynch fair value	$11.14
Lynch upside	-76.44%
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	9.04x
P/B ratio	1.64x
P/E ratio	21.15x
P/OCF ratio	8.91x
P/S ratio	2.77x
PEG ratio	1.94x
Price / tangible book value	1.65x
Price/EBITDA ratio	8.09x
Sector forward P/E	17.04x
Sector P/E	19.79x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	20.63%
EBITDA margin	34.27%
Effective tax rate	15.68%
Gross margin	53.29%
Operating margin	20.63%
Pretax margin	14.97%
Profit margin	12.63%
Profit per employee	$99,711
Profitable quarters	13
Profitable years	34
Revenue per employee	$789,208
ROA	2.39%
ROA (5Y)	2.36%
ROCE	4.05%
ROE	7.68%
ROE (5Y)	8.22%
ROIC	4.07%
SBC / revenue	0.47%
Tax / revenue	2.35%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-2.51%
EPS growth (Q)	31.39%
EPS growth (QoQ)	1,275.29%
EPS growth 10Y	9.25%
EPS growth 3Y	25.31%
EPS growth 5Y	-5.3%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	0
Net income growth	-1.93%
Net income growth (Q)	33.91%
Net income growth (QoQ)	1,298.69%
Net income growth 3Y	28.5%
Net income growth 5Y	-1.96%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	27.55%
OCF growth (Q)	29.94%
OCF growth (QoQ)	28.78%
OCF growth 10Y	7.73%
OCF growth 3Y	19.69%
OCF growth 5Y	14.66%
Revenue growth	6.43%
Revenue growth (Q)	16.47%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	43.82%
Revenue growth 10Y	5.87%
Revenue growth 3Y	9.99%
Revenue growth 5Y	4.3%
Revenue growth quarters	2
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-563.9M
Depreciation and amortization	$141.9M
EBIT	$217.5M
EBITDA	$361.3M
EPS	$2.23
FCF per share	$-3.81
Financing cash flow	$232.1M
Free cash flow	$-235.7M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$-240.7M
Gross profit	$561.8M
Income taxes	$24.8M
Investing cash flow	$-567.3M
Net borrowing	$144.1M
Net cash flow	$-7M
Net income	$133.2M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$323.2M
Operating income	$217.5M
Revenue	$1.1B
Stock-based compensation	$5M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$29.23
Debt / EBITDA	4.58
Debt / equity	0.93
Goodwill	$37.1M
Interest coverage	2.83
Long-term assets	$5.5B
Long-term liabilities	$3.6B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.6B
Net cash / market cap	-55.91%
Net debt / EBITDA	4.52
Net debt / equity	0.9
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$4.8B
Shareholders' equity	$1.8B
Tangible book value	$1.8B
Tangible book value per share	$28.63
Total assets	$6B
Total cash	$43.4M
Total debt	$1.7B
Total liabilities	$4.1B
WACC	5.77%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.19
Current assets	$407.2M
Current liabilities	$580.7M
Current ratio	0.7
Inventory turnover	25.78
Net working capital	$-11.3M
Quick ratio	0.43
Working capital	$-173.5M
Working capital turnover	-4.23

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.79%
Dividend growth	10.59%
Dividend growth (10Y)	6.66%
Dividend growth (3Y)	8.21%
Dividend growth (5Y)	7.65%
Dividend growth years	59
Dividend payment date	2026-08-21
Dividend payment years	59
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.34
Dividend yield	2.83%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-10
Last dividend	$0.34
Payout ratio	60.17%
Shareholder yield	2.04%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	46.4%
10Y return CAGR	5.98%
10Y total return	78.69%
150-day SMA	$47.14
15Y price change	148.89%
15Y return CAGR	8.76%
15Y total return	252.55%
1D price change	-1.48%
1M price change	2.1%
1M total return	2.1%
1W price change	1.44%
1W total return	1.44%
1Y price change	-5%
1Y return CAGR	-2.26%
1Y total return	-2.26%
20-day SMA	$46.30
200-day SMA	$46.61
20Y price change	144.44%
20Y return CAGR	7.25%
20Y total return	305.69%
3M price change	-7.19%
3M total return	-6.57%
3Y price change	-2.68%
3Y return CAGR	1.65%
3Y total return	5.03%
50-day SMA	$47.69
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$53.82
52-week high date	2026-07-30
52-week low	$41.29
52-week low date	2025-12-09
5Y price change	-20.68%
5Y return CAGR	-2.38%
5Y total return	-11.36%
6M price change	1.53%
6M total return	3%
All-time high	$72.08
All-time high date	2021-12-31
All-time low	$5.56
All-time low date	1990-08-06
Average true range (ATR)	$1.05
Average volume	378.8K
Beta (1Y)	-0.27
Beta (2Y)	-0.08
Beta (5Y)	0.48
Change from 52-week high	-12.47%
Change from 52-week low	14.1%
Change from all-time high	-34.6%
Change from all-time low	747.38%
Change from open	-0.67%
Day's gap	-0.82%
Dollar volume	$6.9M
High price	$47.54
Low price	$47.11
Monthly RSI	49.21
Open price	$47.43
Position in 52-week range	0%
Previous close	$47.82
Price vs 150-day SMA	0%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.81%
Price vs 200-day SMA	1.14%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-1.15%
Relative volume	0.39
RSI	52
Sharpe ratio	-0.13
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.07
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.15
Sortino ratio	0.04
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.35
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.02
Volume	147.4K
Weekly RSI	49.15
YTD price change	8.79%
YTD total return	11.21%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	61.3M
Float percentage	99.19%
Shares change (QoQ)	1.11%
Shares change (YoY)	0.79%
Shares held by insiders	0.78%
Shares held by institutions	90.8%
Shares outstanding	61.8M
Short % of float	4.05%
Short % of shares	4.02%
Short ratio	5 days

Deeper analysis on CWT

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Forecast

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Valuation

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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