California Water Service Group
General ticker "CWT" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Water Utilities
- Capitalization: $2.8B (TTM average)
California Water Service Group does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -17.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 44.46$, high 45.55$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-11-10, amount 0.30$ (Y2.71%)
- Total employees count: 1278 (+0.9%) as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Regulatory and compliance, Cybersecurity threats, Liquidity and credit risks, Operational and conduct risks, Strategic risks and growth management
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [40.93$, 56.92$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [42.95$, 59.72$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CWT estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 14.0 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 21.71 > 18.64
- Positive: 0 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 3.88
- Positive: 1.87 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.54
- Positive: 18.93 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 31.63 <= 41.86
- Negative: -0.75 < Inventory ratio change, % of -0.48
- Positive: 6.82 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 10.85
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Long-term CWT plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $846.43MM | $794.63MM | $1,036.81MM |
| Operating Expenses | $718.77MM | $717.50MM | $811.75MM |
| Operating Income | $127.66MM | $77.14MM | $225.05MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-26.02MM | $-32.54MM | $7.52MM |
| Interest Expense | $44.34MM | $49.82MM | $57.55MM |
| Income(Loss) | $101.64MM | $44.59MM | $232.57MM |
| Taxes | $6.38MM | $-6.78MM | $42.49MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $96.01MM | $51.91MM | $190.81MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $1,317.59MM | $1,426.73MM | $1,638.29MM |
| Inventory | $12.56MM | $16.17MM | $20.51MM |
| Assets | $3,945.80MM | $4,700.85MM | $5,180.28MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $243.77MM | $217.82MM | $290.87MM |
| Capital expenditure | $327.76MM | $383.75MM | $470.80MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-335.52MM | $-389.42MM | $-474.87MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $96.12MM | $171.54MM | $194.72MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.77 | $0.91 | $3.26 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.