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Ticker
CWT

Price
45.52
Stock movement up
+1.14 (2.57%)
Company name
California Water Service Group
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Utilities >
Utilities - Regulated Water
Market cap
2.71B
Ent value
6.20B
Price/Sales
2.71
Price/Book
1.42
Div yield
2.64%
Div growth
6.84%
Growth years
54
FCF payout
-
Trailing P/E
19.89
Forward P/E
17.96
PEG
1.70
EPS growth
19.95%
1 year return
-10.77%
3 year return
-
5 year return
-
10 year return
-
Last updated: 2025-11-21

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share1.20
Dividend yield2.64%
Payout frequency-
Maximum yield2.72%
Average yield2.47%
Minimum yield2.05%
Discount to avg yield6.40%
Upside potential6.84%
Yield as % of max yield96.95%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield2.64%
Current yield distribution12.77%
Yield at 100% (Min)2.05%
Yield at 90%2.20%
Yield at 80%2.31%
Yield at 50% (Median)2.51%
Yield at 20%2.61%
Yield at 10%2.64%
Yield at 0% (Max)2.72%

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)2.54
EPS growth (5y)19.95%
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 years6.14%7.31%
DGR 5 years6.84%4.69%
DGR 10 years5.40%6.30%
DGR 15 years4.24%8.16%
Time since last change announced209 days
EPS growth (5y)19.95%
EPS growth (5y forward)11.70%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM--
Average--
Forward47.34%-

VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E19.89
Price to OCF8.40
Price to FCF-
Price to EBITDA7.47
EV to EBITDA17.08

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales2.71
Price to Book1.42
EV to Sales6.19

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count59.59M
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)2.54

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
Cash121.61M
Net receivables235.09M
Total current assets399.31M
Goodwill37.06M
Intangible assets0.00
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets5.52B
Accounts payable188.18M
Short/Current long term debt1.52B
Total current liabilities622.97M
Total liabilities3.61B
Shareholder's equity1.91B
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
Open44.64
Daily high46.10
Daily low43.94
Daily Volume412K
All-time high71.87
1y analyst estimate53.00
Beta0.65
EPS (TTM)-
Dividend per share1.20
Ex-div date10 Nov 2025
Next earnings date26 Feb 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
CWTS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-36.66%-4.13%
Highest price drop-41.73%-19.00%
Date of highest drop10 Jan 20258 Apr 2025
Avg drop from high-34.23%-2.73%
Avg time to new high-6 days
Max time to new high282 days89 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
CWT (California Water Service Group) company logo
Marketcap
2.71B
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
-
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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