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) Return on equity

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California Water Service Group's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.61%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.70%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.77% (fiscal 2023) to 12.4% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 9.21% and below the Utilities sector median of 8.82%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 7.70% (4.74)
FY2024 12.4% 8.67
FY2023 3.77% (3.93)
FY2022 7.70% (1.96)
FY2021 9.66% (1.72)
FY2020 11.4% 3.02
FY2019 8.36% (0.82)
FY2018 9.18% (1.56)
FY2017 10.7% 3.26
FY2016 7.48% 0.38

Against its own ten years

Low 3.77% High 12.4%
Ten-year median 8.36%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on equity against peers

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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