California Water Service Group

CWT

$50.04

-0.98%

N/A-$0.50

Utilities

Regulated Water

NYSE

Active Trading

California Water Service Group (CWT), through its various subsidiaries, operates as a water utility, delivering essential water services and related offerings across ...

Financial Highlights of CWT

Profitability trend

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Gross Margin

64.4%

Net Margin

12.6%

P/E Ratio

22.68x

n/a

Debt / Equity

0.93

n/a

Current Ratio

0.70

Dividend Yield

2.6%

Understanding

TTM —

Current ratio below 1.0

Financial highlights

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Snapshot

Latest / TTM: 2026-09-04

Gross Margin

64.4%

Net Margin

12.6%

P/E Ratio

22.68x

Debt / Equity

0.93

Profitability

Profitability table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Gross MarginGross profit as a percentage of revenue.	61.2%	62.7%	45.7%	95.4%	64.3%	—
Operating MarginOperating income as a percentage of revenue.	16.0%	15.1%	9.7%	21.7%	18.3%	—
Net MarginNet income as a percentage of revenue.	12.8%	11.3%	6.5%	18.4%	12.8%	—
EBITDA MarginEBITDA divided by revenue.	32.9%	31.1%	27.4%	40.9%	36.0%	—
Pre-tax MarginPre-tax profit as a percentage of revenue.	13.3%	12.0%	5.6%	22.4%	14.7%	—

Liquidity & leverage

Liquidity & leverage table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Current RatioCurrent assets divided by current liabilities.	1.10	1.00	0.69	0.60	0.85	—
Quick RatioLiquid assets divided by current liabilities.	1.07	0.96	0.65	0.56	0.80	—
Cash RatioCash and equivalents divided by current liabilities.	0.29	0.29	0.20	0.09	0.12	—
Debt / AssetsDebt as a share of total assets.	30.3%	28.9%	26.5%	26.9%	28.5%	—
Debt / EquityDebt compared with shareholder equity.	0.94	0.87	0.87	0.85	0.96	—

Operating efficiency

Operating efficiency table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Receivables TurnoverHow often receivables are collected in a year.	6.01x	4.81x	4.49x	5.51x	6.07x	—
Inventory TurnoverHow often inventory is sold in a year.	32.29x	25.16x	26.67x	2.33x	18.03x	—
Payables TurnoverHow often payables are paid in a year.	2.13x	2.19x	2.69x	0.28x	2.03x	—
Asset TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of assets.	0.22x	0.21x	0.17x	0.20x	0.18x	—
Working Capital TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of working capital.	-5.38x	57.57x	-11.93x	-5.95x	-7.20x	—

Valuation ratios

Valuation ratios table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
P/E RatioPrice paid for each dollar of earnings.	36.66x	34.26x	57.00x	13.90x	20.15x	—
P/B RatioPrice paid for each dollar of book value.	3.18x	2.50x	2.07x	1.62x	1.53x	—
P/S RatioPrice paid for each dollar of sales.	4.69x	3.89x	3.72x	2.56x	2.58x	—
P/FCF RatioPrice paid for each dollar of free cash flow.	-60.35x	-39.22x	-17.80x	-14.77x	-12.04x	—
Dividend YieldAnnual dividend divided by current share price.	1.3%	1.6%	2.0%	2.5%	2.9%	—

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