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 invested capital

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California Water Service Group's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.56%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.33%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.87% (fiscal 2023) to 4.81% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 4.26% and in line with the Utilities sector median of 3.74%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 3.33% (1.48)
FY2024 4.81% 2.94
FY2023 1.87% (1.51)
FY2022 3.38% (0.24)
FY2021 3.62% (0.58)
FY2020 4.20% 0.59
FY2019 3.61% (0.81)
FY2018 4.42% (0.32)
FY2017 4.74% 0.73
FY2016 4.01% 0.24

Against its own ten years

Low 1.87% High 4.81%
Ten-year median 3.77%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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