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

California Water Service Group (CWT) Debt to equity

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California Water Service Group's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.9×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.9×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.8× (fiscal 2024) to 1.3× (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is in line with the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 0.8× and below the Utilities sector median of 1.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.9× 12.39%
FY2024 0.8× (2.18%)
FY2023 0.9× 1.30%
FY2022 0.9× (8.97%)
FY2021 0.9× (25.48%)
FY2020 1.3× (0.51%)
FY2019 1.3× 4.65%
FY2018 1.2× 4.45%
FY2017 1.2× 16.17%
FY2016 1.0× 16.48%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.9× (6.77%)
Jun 2026 0.9× (8.39%)
Mar 2026 1.0× 6.71%
Dec 2025 0.9× 6.12%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.8× High 1.3×
Ten-year median 0.9×
Current reading's percentile 55

Debt to equity against peers

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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