California Water Service Group (CWT) stock
CWTNYSEWater SupplyFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 29, 2026Score 10/3011% below fair value
$49.39−0.28 (-0.56%)
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $3.11BP/E 22.0Yield 2.51%
California Water Service statistics
86 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Feb 24, 2027 (estimated, after the close)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Aug 10, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 11, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/OCF Ratio
- 10.07
- 9.62
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 4.65
- 4.50
- EV / EBIT
- 23.96
- 20.92
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- 1.69%
- 2.02%
- Shares Change (QoQ)
- 1.68%
- 0.04%
- Float
- 62M
- 118M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 0.75%
- 1.37%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 88.0%
- 80.3%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 2M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -2.62%
- -1.80%
- Short % of Float
- 3.63%
- 4.12%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 3.60%
- 3.58%
- Days to Cover
- 5.68
- 4.52
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $53.82
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $41.29
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $48.25
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $47.59
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $46.84
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $1.09
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- -0.58%
- 0.18%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 7.65%
- 2.92%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -1.04%
- -2.26%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 14.7%
- -1.89%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 14.6%
- 4.67%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 8.57%
- 2.01%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 1.93%
- 39.2%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- -20.8%
- 23.1%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 52.6%
- 54.4%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 517,536
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 442,827
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 463,536
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.60
- 0.94
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 59.3
- 53.8
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 23.8%
- 25.4%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.33
- 0.45
MarginsIndustry
- EBITDA Margin
- 33.4%
- 33.2%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 2.37%
- 2.64%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 3.59%
- 4.78%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 0.71
- 0.90
- Quick Ratio
- 0.22
- 0.39
- Debt / EBITDA
- 4.85
- 4.88
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- 4.71
- 4.68
- Interest Coverage
- 2.50
- 2.41
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 4.78%
- 7.96%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 0.74%
- 12.1%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- -2.18%
- 10.4%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 7.64%
- 3.90%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 6.68%
- 7.80%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 6.70%
- 6.07%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 1.76%
- 6.26%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.18
- 0.23
- Revenue Per Employee
- $761.38K
- $1.11M
- Profits Per Employee
- $102.84K
- $118.50K
- Employee Count
- 1,336
- 1,444
- WACC
- 6.16%
- 6.80%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- -$1.60B
- -$2.57B
- Net Cash Per Share
- -$25.48
- -$23.93
- Working Capital
- -$167.27M
- -$14.10M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 4.40%
- 4.36%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.50%
- 2.80%
- Buyback Yield
- -4.70%
- -1.00%
- Shareholder Yield
- -2.21%
- 1.60%
- Dividend Per Share
- $1.24
- $1.98
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 10.7%
- 5.10%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 15
- 11
- Payout Ratio
- 57.4%
- 58.8%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $78.90M
- $204.10M
- Income Tax
- $30.49M
- $44.44M
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Altman Z-Score
- 0.87
- 1.12
- Piotroski F-Score
- 4
- 5
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | CWT | S&P 500 | Difference | CWT per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +7.3% | -2.7% | +10.0 pts | ||
| 3 months | -1.2% | -1.7% | +0.6 pts | ||
| Year to date | +16.5% | +11.9% | +4.6 pts | ||
| 1 year | +11.0% | +12.0% | −1.0 pts | ||
| 3 years | +8.2% | +78.2% | −70.0 pts | +2.7% | +21.2% |
| 5 years | -12.4% | +73.2% | −85.6 pts | -2.6% | +11.6% |
| 10 years | +84.2% | +309.6% | −225.5 pts | +6.3% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
2M CWT shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 2.6% from the previous report, or 3.63% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 5.7 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 55.3% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 2,263,838 | -2.6% | 398,787 | 5.7 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2,324,846 | -6.4% | 428,360 | 5.4 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2,484,062 | +2.8% | 439,848 | 5.7 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 2,415,232 | -0.6% | 563,490 | 4.3 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 2,429,274 | +70.4% | 468,427 | 5.2 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1,425,414 | -20.2% | 452,841 | 3.1 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1,787,198 | -13.5% | 516,097 | 3.5 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 2,065,904 | +3.4% | 416,337 | 5.0 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1,998,391 | +10.6% | 715,732 | 2.8 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1,806,882 | -4.1% | 546,213 | 3.3 |
| May 29, 2026 | 1,884,183 | +14.2% | 570,251 | 3.3 |
| May 15, 2026 | 1,649,522 | +13.9% | 438,850 | 3.8 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.
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