SJW Group

NasdaqGS:SJW Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.8b

SJW Group Valuation

Is SJW undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SJW when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SJW ($50.99) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($52.67)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SJW is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SJW?

Key metric: As SJW is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SJW. This is calculated by dividing SJW's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SJW's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18.8x
EarningsUS$90.00m
Market CapUS$1.78b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SJW's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SJW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.9x
CWT California Water Service Group
13.6x0.1%US$2.8b
MSEX Middlesex Water
24.1x6.6%US$1.1b
AWR American States Water
26.9x8.6%US$3.1b
YORW York Water
22.8xn/aUS$504.0m
SJW SJW Group
18.8x7.6%US$1.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SJW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the peer average (21.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SJW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Water Utilities Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SJW 18.8xIndustry Avg. 16.8xNo. of Companies12PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SJW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the Global Water Utilities industry average (17.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SJW's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SJW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.8x
Fair PE Ratio19.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SJW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.8x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SJW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$50.99
US$64.33
+26.2%
7.4%US$73.00US$59.00n/a6
Dec ’25US$55.72
US$64.33
+15.5%
7.4%US$73.00US$59.00n/a6
Nov ’25US$54.89
US$65.67
+19.6%
5.9%US$73.00US$61.00n/a6
Oct ’25US$58.50
US$66.00
+12.8%
5.4%US$73.00US$63.00n/a6
Sep ’25US$58.99
US$66.20
+12.2%
5.8%US$73.00US$63.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$60.75
US$65.00
+7.0%
8.6%US$73.00US$56.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$54.80
US$64.75
+18.2%
9.9%US$73.00US$56.00n/a4
Jun ’25US$54.71
US$68.25
+24.7%
12.3%US$82.00US$61.00n/a4
May ’25US$55.02
US$66.33
+20.6%
11.3%US$82.00US$60.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$55.92
US$66.60
+19.1%
12.3%US$82.00US$60.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$56.40
US$68.83
+22.0%
9.8%US$82.00US$62.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$60.35
US$71.60
+18.6%
11.4%US$82.00US$61.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$65.35
US$72.00
+10.2%
10.9%US$82.00US$61.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$66.92
US$72.40
+8.2%
10.9%US$82.00US$61.00US$55.725
Nov ’24US$62.70
US$70.60
+12.6%
12.3%US$82.00US$60.00US$54.895
Oct ’24US$60.11
US$75.40
+25.4%
6.6%US$82.00US$67.00US$58.505
Sep ’24US$65.43
US$78.60
+20.1%
5.8%US$85.00US$72.00US$58.995
Aug ’24US$69.43
US$80.80
+16.4%
9.2%US$93.00US$72.00US$60.755
Jul ’24US$70.11
US$80.80
+15.2%
9.2%US$93.00US$72.00US$54.805
Jun ’24US$74.57
US$83.40
+11.8%
7.2%US$93.00US$76.00US$54.715
May ’24US$75.82
US$83.80
+10.5%
6.6%US$93.00US$78.00US$55.025
Apr ’24US$76.13
US$83.00
+9.0%
7.9%US$93.00US$74.00US$55.925
Mar ’24US$74.34
US$85.00
+14.3%
5.6%US$93.00US$78.00US$56.405
Feb ’24US$79.81
US$85.40
+7.0%
5.6%US$93.00US$78.00US$60.355
Jan ’24US$81.19
US$81.60
+0.5%
8.1%US$93.00US$75.00US$65.355
Dec ’23US$74.32
US$79.67
+7.2%
9.0%US$93.00US$72.00US$66.926

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 08:51
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

SJW Group is covered by 12 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ParkerBaird
Eric BeaumontBarclays
Ross Allen FowlerBofA Global Research