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CWT NYSE

California Water Service Group
1W: +2.9% 1M: +4.7% 3M: -7.0% YTD: +12.2% 1Y: -2.9% 3Y: +7.2% 5Y: -12.4%
$47.82
+0.06 (+0.13%)
Pre-Market: $49.12 (+1.30, +2.73%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.1%
$45 $47 $48 $50 $51
NYSE · Utilities · Regulated Water · Tech Score Buy · Power 64 · $3.0B mcap · 61M float · 0.798% daily turnover · Short 53% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 70% of companies Debt: 36.2% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.47 (down 97%), California Water Service Group would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $1.68B against a stock market value of $2.96B.
Distance to default 7.56 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $941.6M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 24.8%; Altman Z'' 0.91. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
#6 of 22
Regulated Water
Utilities · Mid Cap · 17 peers
Market Share
3.9%
Top 4 Concentration: 78.1%

Technical Signal Map

11 Bullish
0 Neutral
7 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
CWT California Water Service Group $3.0B 21.5 7.7 5.9 18.3 6.4 7 BULLISH -2.9
MSEX Middlesex Water Company $1.1B 21.5 9.8 5.7 26.2 5.3 7 BULLISH -4.3
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. $28B 24.4 10.1 5.6 23.2 6.9 8 BULLISH 0.3
WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. $12B 21.8 8.1 5.5 19.9 9.9 6 BULLISH 4.4
AWR American States Water Company $3.4B 23.4 13.7 8.9 23.9 13.2 6 BULLISH 13.0
UUGWF United Utilities Group PLC $15B 17.5 27.7 6.9 26.5 -33.2 8 BULLISH 32.5
SVTRF Severn Trent Plc $13B 26.1 20.5 5.1 10.3 16.8 7 BULLISH 15.9
STRNY Severn Trent PLC $13B 26.1 20.6 5.1 10.3 17.4 7 BULLISH 15.5
GGDVY Guangdong Investment Limited $7.5B 10.8 11.1 10.6 28.7 25.4 8 BULLISH 23.8
HTO H2O America $2.5B 23.3 6.2 4.3 17.2 4.2 5 BULLISH 20.4
CWAFF China Water Affairs Group Limited $1.0B 6.6 7.0 5.5 8.1 -41.5 4 LEAN BULL -22.5
TTAPY TTW Public Company Limited $1.1B 12.8 19.1 13.9 49.5 2.6 4 LEAN BEAR 11.8
MSEXP Middlesex Water Company PFD 7% $1.0B 21.5 9.8 5.7 26.2 5.3 8 LEAN BEAR -24.1
PEGRF Pennon Group Plc $1.9B 17.6 6.4 4.4 5.4 64.2 6 BEARISH -40.1
MWTCY Manila Water Company, Inc. $1.3B 8.4 18.3 7.6 35.1 10.6 5 BEARISH -28.3
BJWTY Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited $2.4B 10.2 4.7 4.0 7.6 -13.4 4 BEARISH -25.3
MWTCF Manila Water Co. Inc. $1.9B 8.4 18.1 7.2 35.2 9.5 5 BEARISH 2.9
SBS Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP $22B 2.2 18.4 11.8 14.2 -14.1 4 BEARISH -80.7

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

CWT vs Benchmarks

ROIC
CWT
5.9
Industry
5.6
Gross Margin
CWT
67.3
Industry
47.9
Op Margin
CWT
28.6
Industry
28.4
Net Margin
CWT
18.3
Industry
17.7
Sector
11.7
Revenue Growth
CWT
6.4
Sector
6.1
P/E Ratio
CWT
21.5
Sector
18.0
ROE
CWT
7.7
Sector
9.2
Piotroski F
CWT
7.0
Sector
6.0

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