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California Water Service Group

CWT Utilities Utilities Regulated Water

California Water Service Group’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.0 billion, down 3.54% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+6.73%
EPS
+1.76%
Free cash flow
−97.1%
Total debt
+8.28%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

50.00 0.89 +1.81%
Market cap
$3.1B
P/E
21.8×
Fwd P/E
19.2×
Dividend yield
2.66%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.83
Beneish M
−2.46
Dividend safety
24/100
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California Water Service Group (CWT) Beneish M-score

Alert me on Beneish M-score

California Water Service Group's Beneish M-score for fiscal 2025 is −2.46; values above −1.78 are the model's flag for possible earnings manipulation — a statistical screen, not a finding.

Beneish M-score, annual

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Period Beneish M-score Change (points)
FY2025 −2.46 (0.05)
FY2024 −2.40 0.20
FY2023 −2.60 0.13
FY2022 −2.73 (0.06)
FY2021 −2.67 (0.81)
FY2020 −1.85 0.80
FY2019 −2.65 0.03
FY2018 −2.69 (0.04)
FY2017 −2.65 0.11
FY2016 −2.76 0.12

How fiscal 2025’s score is made up

Component This year Year before Result Points
Days’ sales in receivables index 1.24 — 1.14
Gross margin index 1.03 — 0.55
Asset quality index 0.97 — 0.39
Sales growth index 0.96 — 0.86
Depreciation index 1.01 — 0.12
SG&A index 1.07 — −0.18
Total accruals to total assets (0.03) — −0.14
Leverage index 1.05 — −0.34
Beneish M-score Low — no pattern the model associates with manipulation −2.46

How the Beneish M-score works

M = −4.84 + 0.920 × DSRI + 0.528 × GMI + 0.404 × AQI + 0.892 × SGI + 0.115 × DEPI − 0.172 × SGAI + 4.679 × TATA − 0.327 × LVGI (Beneish, 1999): eight changes in the accounts from one fiscal year to the next, which the model weighs for the pattern seen in companies that later restated their earnings. Higher is worse.

below −2.22Low — no pattern the model associates with manipulation
−2.22 to −1.78Elevated
above −1.78Flagged by the model

−1.78 is the cut-off usually quoted from the paper, −2.22 a common conservative one. A statistical screen, not a finding of wrongdoing.

When asset quality, depreciation or SG&A cannot be worked out, that index is set to 1, as Beneish did, and the breakdown says so; with all three missing there is no score. Depreciation includes amortisation, and asset quality leaves out securities. Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs.

Beneish M-score against peers

Company Beneish M-score
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare −3.2×
HTO H2O America compare −2.7×
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corporation compare −2.7×
AWR American States Water Company compare −2.5×
MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare −2.5×
CWT California Water Service Group −2.5×
YORW The York Water Company compare −2.4×
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. compare −2.3×
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare −2.1×

What Beneish M-score is

The Beneish M-Score combines eight year-on-year changes in the accounts into a statistical screen for patterns seen in companies that overstated earnings.

−4.84 + 0.920 × DSRI + 0.528 × GMI + 0.404 × AQI + 0.892 × SGI + 0.115 × DEPI − 0.172 × SGAI + 4.679 × TATA − 0.327 × LVGI

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