California Water Service Group CWT Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Operating margin | 17%-0.7pp | 17.7%-0.6pp | 18.2%+0.3pp | 18%-0.2pp | 18.2%-6.7pp | |
| Net margin | 12.2%-1.1pp | 13.3%-0.7pp | 14%-0.1pp | 14.1%-0.3pp | 14.4%-6.7pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 32.4%-0.5pp | 32.9%-0.1pp | 33%+0.4pp | 32.5%-0.3pp | 32.9%-6.8pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 24%-0.3pp | 24.4%-2.7pp | 27.1%+7.1pp | 19.9%-5.3pp | 25.2%-0.6pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 7.2%-0.5pp | 7.7%-0.5pp | 8.2%-0.3pp | 8.5%-0.2pp | 8.7%-3.8pp | |
| Return on assets | 2.2%-0.2pp | 2.4%-0.2pp | 2.6%-0.1pp | 2.6%0.0pp | 2.7%-1.2pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 5.4%-0.3pp | 5.6%-0.4pp | 6%0.0pp | 6%0.0pp | 6%-2.2pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.7×-0.2× | 0.8×+0.3× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.7×-0.2× | 0.8×+0.3× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×-0.1× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1×+0.1× | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5×+0.3× | 4.8×+0.7× | 4.1×-0.2× | 4.4×+0.1× | 4.2×+0.8× | |
| Interest coverage | 2.3×-0.2× | 2.4×-0.2× | 2.6×-0.1× | 2.7×-0.1× | 2.8×-0.9× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $28.16-0.8% | $28.37-0.6% | $28.55+2.7% | $27.79+1.4% | $27.40-1.9% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.7B+4.7% | $2.58B-5.6% | $2.73B-1.6% | $2.78B-3.6% | $2.88B+6.9% | |
| Enterprise value | $4.3B+4.9% | $4.1B+1.0% | $4.06B-2.0% | $4.15B-0.9% | $4.18B+6.5% | |
| Price / earnings | 22.7×+2.6× | 20.1×+0.1× | 20×-0.4× | 20.4×-1.0× | 21.5×+7.3× | |
| Price / sales | 2.8×+0.1× | 2.7×-0.1× | 2.8×-0.1× | 2.9×-0.2× | 3.1×+0.1× | |
| Price / book | 1.6×+0.1× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.7×-0.1× | 1.8×+0.1× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.6×+0.7× | 12.9×+0.3× | 12.7×-0.5× | 13.2×-0.4× | 13.6×+2.7× | |
| EV / sales | 4.4×+0.1× | 4.3×+0.1× | 4.2×-0.1× | 4.3×-0.2× | 4.5×+0.1× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 8.7%-0.4pp | 9.1%-0.5pp | 9.6%+2.7pp | 6.9%-1.3pp | 8.2%-0.5pp | |
| Earnings yield | 4.4%-0.6pp | 5%0.0pp | 5%+0.1pp | 4.9%+0.2pp | 4.7%-2.4pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.7%-0.1pp | 2.9%+0.2pp | 2.7%+0.1pp | 2.6%+0.2pp | 2.4%0.0pp |
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- Where do California Water Service Group's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from California Water Service Group's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
