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    California Water Service Group (CWT)

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    44.59 USD

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    Symbol
    CWT
    Name
    California Water Service Group
    Industry
    Regulated Water
    Sector
    Utilities
    Price
    44.590
    Market Cap
    2.657B
    Enterprise value
    2.532B
    Currency
    USD
    Ceo
    Martin A. Kropelnicki
    Full Time Employees
    1278
    Ipo Date
    1990-03-26
    City
    San Jose
    Address
    1720 North First Street

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    Market Cap
    109.187B
    Industry
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    Sector
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    FUNDAMENTALS
    P/E
    20.731
    P/S
    2.657
    P/B
    1.571
    Debt/Equity
    0.001
    EV/FCF
    -14.439
    Price to operating cash flow
    -1.000
    Price to free cash flow
    -1.000
    EV/sales
    2.607
    Earnings yield
    0.048
    Debt/assets
    0.000
    FUNDAMENTALS
    Net debt/ebidta
    -0.150
    Interest coverage
    2.520
    Research And Developement To Revenue
    0
    Intangile to total assets
    0.007
    Capex to operating cash flow
    1.560
    Capex to revenue
    0.503
    Capex to depreciation
    3.512
    Return on tangible assets
    0.023
    Debt to market cap
    0.001
    Piotroski Score
    6.000
    FUNDAMENTALS
    PEG
    -3.391
    P/CF
    8.236
    P/FCF
    -14.713
    RoA %
    2.261
    RoIC %
    2.981
    Gross Profit Margin %
    43.607
    Quick Ratio
    0.848
    Current Ratio
    0.848
    Net Profit Margin %
    12.819
    Net-Net
    -65.886
    FUNDAMENTALS PER SHARE
    FCF per share
    -3.030
    Revenue per share
    16.778
    Net income per share
    2.151
    Operating cash flow per share
    5.414
    Free cash flow per share
    -3.030
    Cash per share
    0.869
    Book value per share
    28.385
    Tangible book value per share
    27.763
    Shareholders equity per share
    28.385
    Interest debt per share
    1.172
    TECHNICAL
    52 weeks high
    51.630
    52 weeks low
    41.290
    Current trading session High
    46.030
    Current trading session Low
    44.520
    DIVIDEND
    Dividend yield
    2.77%
    Payout ratio
    56.6%
    Years of div. Increase
    38.000
    Years of div.
    40.000
    Q-shift
    2.000
    Dividend per share
    1.235
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Sector
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Payout Ratio
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
    56.96634699999999%
    P/E
    22.108
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    Sector
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
    20.627
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    Country
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    Sector
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    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. It offers its services to approximately 494,500 customer connections in 100 California communities; approximately 6,200 water and wastewater customer connections on the islands of Maui and Hawaii; approximately 36,400 customer connections in the Tacoma, Olympia, Graham, Spanaway, Puyallup, and Gig Harbor areas; and approximately 8,600 water and wastewater customer connections in the Belen, Los Lunas, Indian Hills, and Elephant Butte areas in New Mexico. 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 to telecommunication companies; and billing of optional third-party insurance programs to its residential customers, as well as provides lab services. In addition, it offers wastewater collection and treatment services. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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    2026-02-26 13:38:05

    California Water Service Group (CWT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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    CWT Q4 earnings miss estimates as revenues slip and expenses rise, even as the company boosts dividends and ramps up infrastructure spending.

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    2026-02-25 16:15:00

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT), a leading publicly traded water utility serving California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Washington, and Texas, announced today that it has reached an agreement to purchase Nexus Water Group's Nevada and Oregon water and wastewater systems, adding approximately 36,000 equivalent residential connections and a combined rate base of approximately $109 million at December 31, 2025.

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    2026-02-10 16:15:00

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Students living in California Water Service Group's (Group) (NYSE: CWT) California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Washington service areas can now apply for the company's 13th annual Scholarship Program.

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    2026-02-05 16:05:00

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) today announced that its 2025 full-year and fourth-quarter earnings results will be released after market-close on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, and its earnings conference call will be held at 11:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, February 26, 2026.

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    2026-02-03 16:15:00

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Martin (Marty) Kropelnicki has joined a diverse team of top California CEOs to form the CalCEO Council, an advisory group created to help strengthen the state's economy.

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