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California Water Service Group has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Market cap

2.6B

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E17.2

P25 15.3P50 18.3P75 20.8

Trailing P/E21.8

P25 16.2P50 20.2P75 23.8

ROE7.2

P25 4.7P50 8.5P75 10.2

ROIC3.7

P25 2.4P50 3.8P75 4.8

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All CWT market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

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Currency

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Showing 255 of 255 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Cik	0001035201
Company name	California Water Service Group
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	130788102
Employees	1,336
Employees Change	58%
Employees Change Percent	4.54
Enterprise value	$4.2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Utilities - Regulated Water
Isin	US1307881029
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$2.6B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$43.47
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	756,541.92x
Sector	Utilities
Sic	4941
Symbol	CWT
Website	https://www.calwatergroup.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4.57%
EV Earnings	35.71x
EV Sales Forward	3.84x
EV/EBIT	21.91x
EV/EBITDA	12.34x
EV/Sales	4.2x
FCF yield	-8.56%
Forward P/E	17.2x
P/B ratio	1.55x
P/E ratio	21.79x
P/S ratio	2.57x
PE Ratio10 Y	32.36x
PE Ratio3 Y	28.22x
PE Ratio5 Y	30.09x
PEG ratio	1.62x
PS Forward	2.35x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	19.17%
EBITDA Margin	34.05%
Gross margin	53.18%
Gross Profit	$537.5M
Net Income	$118.9M
Net Income Growth	-11.4%
Net Income Growth Q	-69.72%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	17.82%
Net Income Growth5 Y	0.83%
Pretax Margin	13.51%
Profit Margin	11.77%
Profit Per Employee	$89,010
Profitable Years	34
ROA	2.19
Roa5y	2.36
ROCE	3.7
ROE	7.16
Roe5y	8.22
ROIC	3.74

Growth

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

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	6.22%
Cagr15y	8.4%
Cagr1y	-9.03%
Cagr20y	6.39%
Cagr3y	-6.59%
Cagr5y	-3.64%
Div CAGR10	6.45%
Div CAGR3	7.58%
Div CAGR5	7.49%
EPS Growth	-11.9
EPS Growth Q	-69.26
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	14.56
EPS Growth5 Y	-2.76
OCF Growth	3.55%
OCF Growth Q	28.54%
OCF Growth10 Y	7.71%
OCF Growth3 Y	14.19%
OCF Growth5 Y	16.86%
Revenue Growth	4.2x
Revenue Growth Q	5.2x
Revenue Growth Quarters	1x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	7.9x
Revenue Growth5 Y	4.36x

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.18
Assets	$5.8B
Cash	$58.1M
Current Assets	$375.2M
Current Liabilities	$545M
Debt	$1.7B
Debt EBITDA	$4.88
Debt Equity	$1.01
Equity	$1.7B
Interest Coverage	2.64
Liabilities	$4.1B
Long Term Assets	$5.4B
Long Term Liabilities	$3.6B
Net Cash	$-1.6B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-63.22
Net Debt EBITDA	$4.78
Net Debt Equity	$0.98
Tangible Book Value	$1.6B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$27.46
WACC	5.73

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.69
Inventory Turnover	23.71
Net Working Capital	$2.9M
Quick ratio	0.42
Working Capital	$-169.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$-4.45

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-1%
Dividend Growth	5.83%
Dividend Growth Years	59%
Dividend per share	$1.34
Dividend Years	59
Dividend Yield	3.08%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-11
Last Dividend	$0.34
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	63.67%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y total return	82.82%
1Y total return	-9.02%
200-day SMA	45.45
3Y total return	-18.5%
50-day SMA	45.08
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-16.9%
All Time High	72.08
All Time High Change	-39.69%
All Time High Date	2021-12-31
All Time Low	5.56
All Time Low Change	681.41%
All Time Low Date	1990-08-06
ATR	1.26
Beta	0.5
Beta1y	-0.33
Beta2y	0
Ch YTD	0.32
High	44.15
High52	50.44
High52 Date	2025-10-22
High52ch	-13.82%
Low	43.36
Low52	41.29
Low52 Date	2025-12-09
Low52ch	5.28%
Ma50ch	-3.58%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-4.35%
RSI	42.37
RSI Monthly	42.15
RSI Weekly	45.27
Sharpe ratio	-0.43x
Sortino ratio	-0.36
Total Return	2.09%
Tr YTD	1.09
Tr15y	235.48%
Tr1m	-4.9%
Tr1w	2.62%
Tr3m	-1.51%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	1
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.24
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	9.09
Earnings Revenue Estimate	211,743,744x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	3.81x
Operating Income	$193.8M
Operating margin	19.17
Price target	$55
Price Target Change	$26.52

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	59,355,290%
Float Percent	99.17%
Net Borrowing	244,081,000
Shares Insiders	0.81%
Shares Institutions	86.79%
Shares Out	59,853,262
Shares Qo Q	0.13%
Shares Yo Y	1%
Short Float	2.38%
Short Ratio	3.22
Short Shares	2.36

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-227.8M
Average Volume	660,854.35x
Bv Per Share	28.08
CAPEX	$-536.3M
Ch10y	51.15
Ch15y	138.3
Ch1m	-4.9
Ch1w	2.62
Ch1y	-11.41
Ch20y	109.3
Ch3m	-2.25
Ch3y	-23.78
Ch5y	-24.83
Ch6m	-6.74
Change	-0.34%
Change From Open	-0.25
Close	43.62
Days Gap	-0.09
Depreciation Amortization	148,373,000
Dollar Volume	14,288,675.9
Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$193.8M
EBITDA	$344.1M
EPS	$1.99
F Score	5
FCF	$-222.8M
FCF EV Yield	-5.25x
FCF Per Share	$-3.72
Financing CF	239,782,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,926
Goodwill	37,063,000
Graham Number	35.49813
Graham Upside	-18.34
Income Tax	$17.8M
Investing CF	-539,700,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2011-06-13
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-27
Lynch Fair Value	$9.97
Lynch Upside	-77.06
Ma150	45.24
Ma150ch	-3.92%
Ma20	44.87
Ma20ch	-3.11%
Net CF	13,609,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-30
Open	43.58
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	8.3
Payment Date	2026-05-22
Position In Range	13.92
Post Close	43.47
Postmarket Change Percent	0.02
Postmarket Price	$43.48
Ppne	4,665,357,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$7.56
Ptbv Ratio	1.58
Relative Volume	0.5x
Revenue	1,010,740,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.49x
Share Based Comp	4,981,000
Tax By Revenue	1.76x
Tax Rate	13.06%
Tr20y	245.16%
Tr6m	-5.42%
Us State	California
Volume	328,702

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Income

CWT dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+3.1%

$1.34 annual per share

Payout ratio

+63.7%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+7.5%

59 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+2.1%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-11

Performance

CWT stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CWT?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+86.8%

Float: +99.2% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.8%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CWT momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

42.4

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-4.4%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.50

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.43

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CWT vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
NEE	NextEra Energy Inc.	194.1B	23.6x	7.0x	3.1%	+10.2%	+42.3%	买入

Questions

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