COMPANY SUMMARY
California Water Service Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Texas. It 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. The company offers its services to approximately 500,000 customer connections in 20 separate districts; approximately 6,800 water and wastewater customer connections on the islands of Kauai, Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii; approximately 38,500 customer connections in the Tacoma, Olympia, Graham, Spanaway, Puyallup, Rainier, Yelm, and Gig Harbor areas; and approximately 11,800 water and wastewater customer connections in Rio Communities, Rio Del Oro, Meadow Lake, Indian Hills, Squaw Valley, Elephant Butte, Morningstar, Sandia Knolls, Juan Tomas, Monterey, and Cypress Gardens systems. The company also engages in the provision of non-regulated water-related services, including operating of municipally owned water systems, privately owned water, and recycled water distribution systems; water system operation, meter reading, and billing services to private companies and municipalities; leasing of communication antenna sites on its properties; and billing of optional third-party insurance programs to its residential customers. In addition, it provides wastewater collection and treatment services. California Water Service Group was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Financial Summary
| Share Statistics |
CWT |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| Market Cap (Mil) |
$3,098.8 |
$2,948.1 |
60% |
|
| Shares Out (Mil) |
59.8 |
71.6 |
52% |
|
| Institutional Ownership |
99.1% |
93.8% |
85% |
|
| Float (Mil) |
61.3 |
58.8 |
52% |
|
| Beta |
0.51 |
0.57 |
28% |
|
| Avg Daily Volume (000s) |
476 |
104 |
58% |
|
Price Change (52-week) |
11.6% |
90.8% |
55% |
|
| Growth |
CWT |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| Sales (5yr) |
4.7% |
7.0% |
35% |
|
| Net Income (5yr) |
5.8% |
7.4% |
48% |
|
| EPS (5yr) |
1.8% |
6.2% |
33 |
|
| Dividends (5yr) |
7.1% |
4.0% |
82% |
|
| Cash Flow (5yr) |
(5.6%) |
(11.9%) |
61% |
|
| Estimates |
Qtrly |
Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
| # of Estimates |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Current EPS |
$1.060 |
$2.740 |
$2.773 |
| Month Ago EPS |
$1.070 |
$2.450 |
$2.760 |
| # Rev Up |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| # Rev Down |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Three Months Ago EPS |
$1.070 |
$2.450 |
$2.760 |
| Year/Year Chg |
1,459% |
27.4% |
37.2% |
| Financials |
CWT |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| Sales (TTM) (Mil) |
$1,011 |
$920 |
51% |
|
| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) |
$119 |
$120 |
63% |
|
| EPS (TTM) |
$1.995 |
$1.300 |
71% |
|
| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) |
$314 |
$256 |
65% |
|
| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) |
$14 |
$1 |
60% |
|
| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) |
$1,472 |
$1,677 |
71% |
|
| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) |
$4,352 |
$4,404 |
60% |
|
| Valuation |
CWT |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| P/B |
1.78 |
2.07 |
47% |
|
| P/E |
25.1 |
22.1 |
61% |
|
| Dividend Yield |
2.7% |
2.7% |
82% |
|
| PEG (5yr hist) |
14.0 |
3.4 |
96% |
|
| Ratios |
CWT |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| Gross Margin |
53.0% |
54.6% |
65% |
|
| Net Margin |
12.6% |
20.0% |
69% |
|
| ROA |
2.2% |
3.0% |
57% |
|
| ROE |
7.2% |
9.2% |
50% |
|
| Liabilities to Assets |
70.9% |
66.0% |
66% |
|
| F-Score |
4 |
4 |
34% |
|
Passing Stock Screens
As of 7/31/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies,
CWT meetings the criteria of 1 screen:
Stock Screen
GURU STRATEGY
Lakonishok Screen
Factors: Value, Momentum
Identifying stocks trading at a discount to their industry norms but showing recent price strength and upward earnings revisions.