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Ticker
CWT

Price
45.19
Stock movement down
-2.26 (-4.76%)
Company name
California Water Service Group
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Utilities >
Utilities - Regulated Water
Market cap
2.69B
Ent value
6.02B
Price/Sales
2.62
Price/Book
1.65
Div yield
2.66%
Div growth
6.76%
Growth years
54
FCF payout
-
Trailing P/E
13.38
Forward P/E
17.58
PEG
1.14
EPS growth
-7.76%
1 year return
-12.46%
3 year return
-
5 year return
-
10 year return
-
Last updated: 2025-10-30

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share1.20
Dividend yield2.66%
Payout frequency-
Maximum yield2.71%
Average yield2.46%
Minimum yield2.05%
Discount to avg yield7.45%
Upside potential8.05%
Yield as % of max yield98.08%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield2.66%
Current yield distribution4.51%
Yield at 100% (Min)2.05%
Yield at 90%2.19%
Yield at 80%2.31%
Yield at 50% (Median)2.49%
Yield at 20%2.60%
Yield at 10%2.64%
Yield at 0% (Max)2.71%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth54 years
CCC statusDividend Champion
Dividend per share1.20
Payout frequency-
Ex-div date10 Nov 2025
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)2.57
EPS growth (5y)-7.76%
EPS growth (5y forward)11.70%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
CWTS&P500
DGR MR7.14%-13.74%
DGR TTM9.43%6.60%
DGR 3 years6.96%5.24%
DGR 5 years6.76%5.40%
DGR 10 years4.97%7.07%
DGR 15 years3.91%6.12%
Time since last change announced190 days
EPS growth (5y)-7.76%
EPS growth (5y forward)11.70%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM--
Average--
Forward46.69%-

VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E13.38
Price to OCF9.06
Price to FCF-
Price to EBITDA6.73
EV to EBITDA15.04

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales2.62
Price to Book1.65
EV to Sales5.85

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count59.58M
EPS (TTM)-
FCF per share (TTM)-

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)-
Gross profit (TTM)-
Operating income (TTM)-
Net income (TTM)-
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)2.57

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)-
Operating margin (TTM)-
Profit margin (TTM)-

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash59.56M
Net receivables178.79M
Total current assets362.95M
Goodwill37.04M
Intangible assets0.00
Property, plant and equipment5.26B
Total assets5.01B
Accounts payable171.50M
Short/Current long term debt1.31B
Total current liabilities570.73M
Total liabilities3.38B
Shareholder's equity1.63B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)-
Capital expenditures (TTM)-
Free cash flow (TTM)-
Dividends paid (TTM)-

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity-
Return on Assets-
Return on Invested Capital-
Cash Return on Invested Capital-

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open46.77
Daily high48.08
Daily low44.79
Daily Volume563K
All-time high71.87
1y analyst estimate55.25
Beta0.67
EPS (TTM)-
Dividend per share1.20
Ex-div date10 Nov 2025
Next earnings date-

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
CWTS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-37.12%-1.10%
Highest price drop-41.73%-19.00%
Date of highest drop10 Jan 20258 Apr 2025
Avg drop from high-34.10%-2.76%
Avg time to new high-5 days
Max time to new high266 days89 days
COMPANY DETAILS
CWT (California Water Service Group) company logo
Marketcap
2.69B
Marketcap category
Mid-cap
Description
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 499,400 customer connections in 100 California communities; approximately 6,700 water and wastewater customer connections on the islands of Kauai, Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii; approximately 38,300 customer connections in the Tacoma, Olympia, Graham, Spanaway, Puyallup, Rainier, Yelm, and Gig Harbor areas; and approximately 11,500 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.
Employees
1278
SEC filings
CEO
Martin Kropelnicki
Country
USA
City
San Jose
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Champion
Dividend Frequency
-
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