california water service group - CWT

CWT

Close Chg Chg %
43.33 -0.41 -0.95%

Closed Market

42.92

-0.41 (0.95%)

Volume: 256.08K

Last Updated:

Jan 2, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: california water service group - CWT

CWT Key Data

Open

$43.14

Day Range

42.76 - 43.43

52 Week Range

41.29 - 51.63

Market Cap

$2.58B

Shares Outstanding

59.59M

Public Float

59.16M

Beta

0.63

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

18.94

EPS

$2.29

Yield

276.94%

Dividend

$0.30

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Nov 10, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

443.38K

 

CWT Performance

1 Week
 
-1.06%
 
1 Month
 
-4.30%
 
3 Months
 
-5.40%
 
1 Year
 
-4.09%
 
5 Years
 
-23.03%
 

CWT Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 3
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About california water service group - CWT

California Water Service Group is a holding company, which engages in the provision of water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, and Hawaii through its wholly owned subsidiaries. The firm is involved in the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, and fire protection. It also provides non-regulated water-related services under agreements with municipalities and other private companies. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

CWT At a Glance

California Water Service Group
1720 North 1st Street
San Jose, California 95112-4508
Phone 1-408-367-8200 Revenue 1.04B
Industry Water Utilities Net Income 190.81M
Sector Utilities 2024 Sales Growth 30.476%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 1,278
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CWT Valuation

P/E Current 18.941
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 13.933
Price to Sales Ratio 2.564
Price to Book Ratio 1.649
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 9.14
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 10.025
Enterprise Value to Sales 3.821
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.352

CWT Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 811,272.30
Income Per Employee 149,301.252
Receivables Turnover 5.509
Total Asset Turnover 0.208

CWT Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.602
Quick Ratio 0.564
Cash Ratio 0.178

CWT Profitability

Gross Margin 42.539
Operating Margin 25.173
Pretax Margin 22.432
Net Margin 18.403
Return on Assets 3.828
Return on Equity 12.463
Return on Total Capital 6.296
Return on Invested Capital 7.277

CWT Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 85.337
Total Debt to Total Capital 46.044
Total Debt to Total Assets 26.493
Long-Term Debt to Equity 68.298
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 36.851
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Annual Financials for California Water Service Group - CWT

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
790.91M 846.43M 794.63M 1.04B
Sales Growth
-0.43% +7.02% -6.12% +30.48%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
502.17M 547.73M 554.18M 595.76M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
111.58M 117.36M 123.12M 134.14M
Depreciation
110.18M 115.86M 121.62M 132.04M
Amortization of Intangibles
1.40M 1.50M 1.50M 2.10M
COGS Growth
+0.61% +9.07% +1.18% +7.50%
Gross Income
288.74M 298.70M 240.45M 441.05M
Gross Income Growth
-2.19% +3.45% -19.50% +83.42%
Gross Profit Margin
+36.51% +35.29% +30.26% +42.54%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
126.69M 132.72M 142.24M 139.51M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
126.69M 132.72M 142.24M 139.51M
SGA Growth
+8.22% +4.76% +7.17% -1.91%
Other Operating Expense
32.48M 35.06M 36.27M 40.54M
Unusual Expense
- - - -
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
129.57M 130.92M 61.95M 260.99M
Non Operating Income/Expense
18.71M 15.06M 32.47M 29.13M
Non-Operating Interest Income
171.00K 177.00K 303.00K 1.26M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
43.21M 44.34M 49.82M 57.55M
Interest Expense Growth
+3.23% +2.61% +12.35% +15.52%
Gross Interest Expense
44.98M 46.69M 52.81M 60.70M
Interest Capitalized
1.77M 2.34M 2.99M 3.15M
Pretax Income
105.07M 101.64M 44.59M 232.57M
Pretax Income Growth
-3.47% -3.27% -56.12% +421.52%
Pretax Margin
+13.28% +12.01% +5.61% +22.43%
Income Tax
4.09M 6.38M (6.78M) 42.49M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
3.45M 1.86M 3.00K 12.81M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
646.00K 4.51M (6.78M) 29.68M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
100.98M 95.26M 51.38M 190.09M
Minority Interest Expense
(146.00K) (748.00K) (535.00K) (722.00K)
Net Income
101.13M 96.01M 51.91M 190.81M
Net Income Growth
+4.43% -5.06% -45.93% +267.57%
Net Margin Growth
+12.79% +11.34% +6.53% +18.40%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
101.13M 96.01M 51.91M 190.81M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
101.13M 96.01M 51.91M 190.81M
EPS (Basic)
1.9585 1.7675 0.9115 3.2554
EPS (Basic) Growth
-0.34% -9.75% -48.43% +257.15%
Basic Shares Outstanding
51.63M 54.32M 56.95M 58.61M
EPS (Diluted)
1.9585 1.7661 0.911 3.2535
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-0.34% -9.82% -48.42% +257.14%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
51.63M 54.36M 56.98M 58.65M
EBITDA
241.16M 248.29M 185.07M 395.13M
EBITDA Growth
-3.16% +2.96% -25.46% +113.50%
EBITDA Margin
+30.49% +29.33% +23.29% +38.11%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 53.00
Number of Ratings 3 Current Quarters Estimate 0.217
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 2.507
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.349 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 2.39 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 2.66
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 2 2 3 2
Mean Estimate 0.22 0.75 2.51 2.66
High Estimates 0.23 0.76 2.56 2.73
Low Estimate 0.20 0.74 2.47 2.59
Coefficient of Variance 8.16 2.11 1.89 3.72

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 2 2 3
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 0 0 0
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Buy

Insider Actions for California Water Service Group - CWT

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jun 12, 2025 Michael B. Luu Sr. VP Corp Svcs & Chief Risk 22,380 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 1,020,975.60
Jun 12, 2025 Sophie M. James VP, Water Quality/ Env Affairs 6,351 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 289,732.62
Jun 12, 2025 Shannon C. Dean SR. VP, Cust Svc & Chief Sust. 22,308 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 1,017,690.96
Jun 12, 2025 Michael S. Mares Vice President, Operations 10,950 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 499,539.00
Jun 12, 2025 Martin A. Kropelnicki Chairman, President & CEO 140,571 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 6,412,849.02
Jun 12, 2025 Elissa Y. Ouyang Chief Procurement & Lead CI 13,370 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 609,939.40
Jun 12, 2025 Thomas A. Scanlon Controller & Principal Acctng 4,008 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 182,844.96
Jun 12, 2025 Michelle R. Mortensen VP, Corp Sec &Chief of Staff 12,696 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 579,191.52
Jun 12, 2025 Kenneth G. Jenkins VP, Water Res. Plan & Sustain 3,890 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 177,461.80
Jun 12, 2025 Shawn C. Bunting Sr. VP, GC and Business Dev 3,532 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 161,129.84
Jun 12, 2025 Greg A. Milleman VP, Rates and Regulatory Aff 11,345 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $45.62 per share 517,558.90
Mar 12, 2025 Ronald D. Webb VP, Human Resources 26,580 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $47.9 per share 1,273,182.00
Mar 7, 2025 Shawn C. Bunting Sr. VP, GC and Business Dev 3,694 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $46.65 per share 172,325.10
Mar 7, 2025 Carol M. Pottenger Director 16,306 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 Scott Lawrence Morris Director 12,328 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 Charles R. Patton Director 6,215 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 James Patrick Lynch Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer 3,738 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $56.65 per share 211,757.70
Mar 7, 2025 Lester A. Snow Director 27,549 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 Gregory E. Aliff Director 23,060 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 Thomas M. Krummel Director 24,624 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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