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California Water Service Group Common Stock

Utilities · Utilities Website · IPO Mar 1980
$46.94
▼ $-0.14 (-0.30%)
Vol 284K
Mkt Cap
$2.8B
P/E
21.8
ROE
7.7%
Margin
12.8%
Beta
0.62
Div Yield
2.85%
52W
$41–$52

Wall Street Consensus

7 analysts · Apr 2026
3
Strong Buy
3
Buy
1
Hold
0
Sell
0
Strong Sell
85.7%
Buy Rating

Price Chart

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Earnings

Beat rate: 50.0%
Quarter EPS Est EPS Act Surprise
Dec 2025 $0.33 $0.19 $-0.14
Sep 2025 $1.18 $1.03 $-0.15
Jun 2025 $0.57 $0.71 +$0.14
Mar 2025 $0.15 $0.22 +$0.07

Quarterly Revenue & Earnings

Quarter 2024-0… 2024-1… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-1…
Revenue — $222.2M $204.0M $265.0M $311.2M $220.0M
Net Income — $19.7M $13.3M $42.2M $61.2M $11.5M

Key Ratios

ROA (TTM)
2.4%
P/S (TTM)
2.80
P/B
1.5
EPS (TTM)
$2.15
CF/Share
$2.86
Rev Growth 3Y
+5.7%
52W High
$51.63
52W Low
$41.29
$41.29 52-Week Range $51.63

Financial Health

Free Cash Flow
-$104.4M
Net Debt
$1.6B
Cash
$51.8M
Total Debt
$1.6B
As of Dec 31, 2025

How does CWT compare to Utilities peers?

Peer group: Peers · Utilities (Peers) · 10 companies

CWT CDZI WTRG AWK YORW PCYO AWR HTO ARTNA MSEX

CWT valuation vs Utilities peers

P/E ratio
21.8
▲ 2% above peers (21.5)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Fair value
P/S ratio
2.8
▼ 44% below peers (5.0)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
P/B ratio
1.5
▼ 25% below peers (2.0)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
Div yield
2.9%
▼ 0% below peers (2.9%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Low yield

CWT profitability vs Utilities peers

ROE
7.7%
▼ 17% below peers (9.2%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
Net margin
12.8%
▼ 45% below peers (23.5%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
Gross margin
61.8%
▲ 25% above peers (49.3%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Below avg
ROA
2.4%
▼ 26% below peers (3.2%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak

CWT financial health vs Utilities peers

D/E ratio
—
▼ 0% below peers (90.4)
vs Peers
vs Industry
High debt
Current ratio
0.9
▲ 3% above peers (0.8)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
Beta
0.6
▼ 16% below peers (0.7)
vs Peers
vs Industry
More volatile

CWT fundamentals radar

CWT Peer median Industry

CWT profitability vs leverage

Bubble size = market cap · X = net margin · Y = D/E ratio

CWT vs peers: key metrics

Insider Activity

Bearish
Buys
18
Sells
2
$204193
LUU MICHAEL B
Officer · Mar 20
sale
739 shs
MARES MICHAEL S. JR.
Officer · Mar 20
sale
3892 shs
JENKINS KENNETH G
Officer · Mar 06
award
548 shs
KROPELNICKI MARTIN A
Chief Executive Officer · Mar 06
award
6507 shs
LUU MICHAEL B
Officer · Mar 06
award
1105 shs
MORTENSEN MICHELLE R
Officer · Mar 06
award
900 shs
DEAN SHANNON C
Officer · Mar 06
award
900 shs
OUYANG ELISSA Y
Officer · Mar 06
award
900 shs
MARES MICHAEL S. JR.
Officer · Mar 06
award
900 shs
MILLEMAN GREG A.
Officer · Mar 06
award
900 shs
Last 90 days

Insider Buy Returns

LYNCH JAMES PATRICK
Dec 10, 2025
$23540 +9.67%

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Top 5: 45.35%
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4.58%
$128.6M
As of Dec 31, 2025

Dividends

$1.24
/ year
Feb 09, 2026 $0.3350
Nov 10, 2025 $0.3000
Aug 11, 2025 $0.3000
May 12, 2025 $0.3000
Feb 10, 2025 $0.3400
Nov 12, 2024 $0.2800
Aug 12, 2024 $0.2800
May 03, 2024 $0.2800

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