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California Water Service Group NYSE:CWT Stock Report

Last Price

US$45.47

Market Cap

US$2.7b

7D

-6.0%

1Y

-13.0%

Updated

23 Dec, 2024

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California Water Service Group

NYSE:CWT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.7b

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for California Water Service Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$45.47
52 Week HighUS$56.25
52 Week LowUS$43.50
Beta0.49
1 Month Change-11.88%
3 Month Change-14.45%
1 Year Change-13.04%
3 Year Change-35.06%
5 Year Change-11.74%
Change since IPO405.22%

Recent News & Updates

California Water Service Group: Poor Performance (Rating Downgrade)

Dec 18

Is California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Worth US$49.1 Based On Its Intrinsic Value?

Dec 06
Is California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Worth US$49.1 Based On Its Intrinsic Value?

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Shareholders Will Want The ROCE Trajectory To Continue

Oct 26
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Shareholders Will Want The ROCE Trajectory To Continue

Recent updates

California Water Service Group: Poor Performance (Rating Downgrade)

Dec 18

Is California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Worth US$49.1 Based On Its Intrinsic Value?

Dec 06
Is California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Worth US$49.1 Based On Its Intrinsic Value?

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Shareholders Will Want The ROCE Trajectory To Continue

Oct 26
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Shareholders Will Want The ROCE Trajectory To Continue

California Water Service Group: Buy It And Let It Drip

Sep 17

California Water Service Group's (NYSE:CWT) Share Price Not Quite Adding Up

Aug 26
California Water Service Group's (NYSE:CWT) Share Price Not Quite Adding Up

California Water Service: Moderately Discounted Dividend King

Aug 13

Results: California Water Service Group Exceeded Expectations And The Consensus Has Updated Its Estimates

Aug 04
Results: California Water Service Group Exceeded Expectations And The Consensus Has Updated Its Estimates

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Has Some Way To Go To Become A Multi-Bagger

Jul 11
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Has Some Way To Go To Become A Multi-Bagger

California Water Service: It's Not Too Late To Buy Now

May 15

Shareholders Should Be Pleased With California Water Service Group's (NYSE:CWT) Price

Apr 23
Shareholders Should Be Pleased With California Water Service Group's (NYSE:CWT) Price

California Water Service: An Undervalued Water Utility To Buy Now

Mar 02

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Will Want To Turn Around Its Return Trends

Feb 21
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Will Want To Turn Around Its Return Trends

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Not Flying Under The Radar

Jan 04
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Not Flying Under The Radar

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return

Nov 19
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return

California Water Service: A Recession-Resistant Dividend King For Your Portfolio

Nov 10

California Water Service Group Just Missed Earnings - But Analysts Have Updated Their Models

Oct 29
California Water Service Group Just Missed Earnings - But Analysts Have Updated Their Models

California Water Service: Revisiting After A 10% Drop

Aug 31

Returns On Capital At California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Paint A Concerning Picture

Aug 01
Returns On Capital At California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Paint A Concerning Picture

California Water Service: This Dividend King Remains Fully Valued

Jun 07

California Water Service Group's (NYSE:CWT) Dividend Will Be Increased To $0.26

Apr 30
California Water Service Group's (NYSE:CWT) Dividend Will Be Increased To $0.26

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Use Of Debt Could Be Considered Risky

Feb 24
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Use Of Debt Could Be Considered Risky

California Water Service receives approval for interim rate increases

Feb 16

California Water Service and Promise to offer flexible payment plans

Feb 07

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.26

Jan 31
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.26

California Water Service declares $0.26 dividend

Jan 25

Time For A Review Of California Water Service - It Remains A 'Hold'

Dec 08

California Water Service Q3 2022 Earnings Preview

Oct 26

CWT Washington Water secures regulatory approval to acquire Stroh's Water

Oct 10

Why You Can Consider Looking At California Water Service Group

Sep 26

Is California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Using Too Much Debt?

Aug 03
Is California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Using Too Much Debt?

California Water Service Q2 2022 Earnings Preview

Jul 27

California Water Service: Still Richly Valued, Despite Its Correction

Jul 15

CWT's Hawaii Water secures regulatory approval to acquire wastewater utility in Kauai

Jul 06

We Think California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Is Taking Some Risk With Its Debt

Apr 17
We Think California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Is Taking Some Risk With Its Debt

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.25

Jan 30
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.25

Shareholder Returns

CWTUS Water UtilitiesUS Market
7D-6.0%-3.6%-2.7%
1Y-13.0%-5.9%23.4%

Return vs Industry: CWT underperformed the US Water Utilities industry which returned -5.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: CWT underperformed the US Market which returned 23.4% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is CWT's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CWT volatility
CWT Average Weekly Movement2.9%
Water Utilities Industry Average Movement3.5%
Market Average Movement6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market16.9%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market3.2%

Stable Share Price: CWT has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: CWT's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
19261,266Marty Kropelnickiwww.calwatergroup.com

California Water Service Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Texas. The company is involved in the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution, and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, as well as for fire protection services. It offers its services to approximately 497,700 customer connections in 100 California communities; approximately 6,500 water and wastewater customer connections on the islands of Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii; approximately 38,000 customer connections in the Tacoma, Olympia, Graham, Spanaway, Puyallup, Rainier, Yelm, and Gig Harbor areas; and approximately 11,400 water and wastewater customer connections in Rio Communities, Rio Del Oro, Meadow Lake, Indian Hills, Squaw Valley, Elephant Butte, Morningstar, Sandia Knolls, Juan Tomas, and Cypress Gardens systems.

California Water Service Group Fundamentals Summary

How do California Water Service Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CWT fundamental statistics
Market capUS$2.74b
Earnings (TTM)US$201.28m
Revenue (TTM)US$1.03b

13.4x

P/E Ratio

2.6x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CWT income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$1.03b
Cost of RevenueUS$442.74m
Gross ProfitUS$586.39m
Other ExpensesUS$385.11m
EarningsUS$201.28m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)3.38
Gross Margin56.98%
Net Profit Margin19.56%
Debt/Equity Ratio80.4%

How did CWT perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.5%

Current Dividend Yield

32%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 22:38
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

California Water Service Group is covered by 12 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Davis SunderlandBaird
Daniel FordBarclays
Ross Allen FowlerBofA Global Research