Global Water Resources, Inc.

GWRS Utilities Utilities Regulated Water

Global Water Resources, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $55.8 million, up 5.82% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 24.8%, EPS grew 66.7%, free cash flow grew 89.6% and total debt rose 15.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

7.99 0.10 −1.24%
Market cap
$233.0M
P/E
72.6×
Fwd P/E
121×
Dividend yield
4.12%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.50
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
8/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 7.22
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — 1 — 3 — — 2 — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 55.49%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 232.96
Revenue 60.11
Net Income 3.14
Free Cash Flow (24.34)
Net Debt 139.65
Current Ratio 0.68 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 1.66
P/E ratio 72.64 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 121.00 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 3.83
P/B ratio 2.71
Past 5Y EPS Growth 17.08% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth (30.95%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 31.03% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 9.94%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 8.74%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 59.22%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 4.03%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 6.15%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 3.53%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 2.99
Annual Dividend Rate 0.33
Annual Dividend Yield 4.12%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.30
0.03
0.03
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2025 0.30
0.03
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0.03
2024 0.30
0.03
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2023 0.30
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0.03
2022 0.30
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2021 0.29
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2020 0.29
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0.02
2019 0.29
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2018 0.28
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2017 0.27
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2016 0.17
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predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 3 9 4 1
Receivables 6 6 7 8
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
12 19 15 12
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1 2 2 1
ST’ Debt 4 4 4 4
Other — — — —
14 22 19 17

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.72% 7.62% 7.62%
Cash Flow 16.86% 6.72% (4.75%)
Earnings (17.94%) 21.76% (18.72%)
Book Value 15.75% 21.89% 24.96%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 13 18 — — —
’25 12 14 16 14 56
’24 12 14 14 13 53
’23 13 13 15 12 53
’22 10 12 12 11 45
’21 9 11 11 10 42
’20 8 10 11 10 39
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 4 5 — — —
’25 7 1 9 3 20
’24 8 6 2 6 22
’23 6 6 10 3 25
’22 5 7 8 4 23
’21 5 3 8 5 20
’20 3 2 7 3 15
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (2) (2) — — —
’25 (8) (19) (6) (15) (47)
’24 2 (1) (5) (7) (11)
’23 0 (1) 5 (1) 3
’22 (1) (2) (3) (5) (11)
’21 2 (1) 2 (1) 2
’20 0 0 5 1 5
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.01) 0.10 — — —
’25 0.02 0.06 0.06 (0.04) 0.11
’24 0.03 0.07 0.12 0.02 0.24
’23 0.10 0.07 0.11 0.05 0.33
’22 0.04 0.09 0.07 0.04 0.24
’21 (0.01) 0.09 0.07 0.02 0.16
’20 0.02 (0.01) 0.05 (0.01) 0.05
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 6.23 7.90 8.40 9.00 8.51 14.41 10.61 9.34 11.24 8.28

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 9.29 10.00 11.61 14.99 16.20 21.25 17.35 14.95 13.98 12.32
People
People Employees 43 47 51 75 81 88 100 109 125 129
Revenue/emp, $m 0.69 0.66 0.70 0.47 0.48 0.48 0.45 0.49 0.42 0.43
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 30 31 36 35 39 42 45 53 53 56
Gross margin, % 73.02 75.81 76.83 74.87 75.30 75.43 75.66 76.11 73.95 71.75
EBT (4) 4 5 3 2 5 6 11 8 4
EBT margin, % (12.75) 12.66 13.75 9.55 4.86 11.35 14.40 20.47 14.92 7.14
Net income (3) 5 3 2 1 4 6 8 6 3
Depreciation 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 12 13 15
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 1.56 1.59 1.74 1.65 1.72 1.85 1.93 2.21 2.18 2.06
Earnings (0.15) 0.23 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.16 0.24 0.33 0.24 0.11
Cash flow 0.10 0.57 0.55 0.54 0.65 0.90 1.01 1.06 0.90 0.75
Capex (0.45) (1.07) (0.23) (0.52) (0.41) (0.81) (1.47) (0.93) (1.34) (2.49)
Free cash flow (0.35) (0.50) 0.32 0.02 0.24 0.09 (0.46) 0.13 (0.44) (1.74)
Book value 0.78 0.76 1.36 1.15 1.43 1.33 1.92 2.02 1.97 3.20
Shares, m 19 20 20 22 23 23 23 24 24 27
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 39.83 63.38 119.55 285.35 103.39 57.08 39.21 47.92 84.50
P/S 5.83 5.75 5.84 7.98 8.40 9.23 7.10 5.87 5.28 4.10
P/B 11.60 12.07 7.45 11.47 10.08 12.88 7.15 6.40 5.85 2.64
EV/Sales 8.98 9.24 8.71 11.00 10.90 11.62 9.42 7.86 7.46 6.49
EV/FCF (40.00) (29.65) 47.45 1,029.60 77.49 227.96 (39.57) 135.33 (37.31) (7.67)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 2 11 11 12 15 20 23 25 22 20
Capex (9) (21) (5) (11) (9) (18) (34) (22) (32) (67)
Free cash flow (7) (10) 7 0 5 2 (11) 3 (11) (47)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 14 1 8 2 11 2 (2) (2) (3) (5)
Total debt 114 114 115 115 115 113 110 109 124 137
Net debt 94 109 102 107 97 100 104 106 115 133
Shareholders’ equity 15 15 28 25 32 30 44 49 48 87
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (1.06) 1.91 1.24 0.84 0.40 1.25 1.78 2.33 1.51 0.67
ROIC 3.34 3.70 4.47 3.30 3.56 3.35 3.30 4.97 3.60 2.03
ROE (14.33) 30.49 14.52 8.47 3.89 11.60 14.80 17.16 12.03 4.41
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Global Water Resources, Inc. vs peers in Utilities Regulated Water (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CWT California Water Service Group $2.9B 20.8× 18.7× +16.47% (above 0%: growing) +32.39% (above 0%: growing) −18.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 70.24% 22.97% Compare
HTO H2O America $2.4B 20.2× 20.4× +6.16% (above 0%: growing) −9.86% (below 0%: shrinking) +14.08% (above 0%: growing) 59.39% 20.31% Compare
MSEX Middlesex Water Company $1.0B 21.1× 21.2× +14.26% (above 0%: growing) +31.67% (above 0%: growing) −22.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 32.35% Compare
YORW The York Water Company $501.5M 19.3× 18.9× +22.48% (above 0%: growing) +40.00% (above 0%: growing) +111.16% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 41.71% Compare
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. $460.5M 27.4× 31.8× −2.15% (below 0%: shrinking) −21.88% (below 0%: shrinking) +39.37% (above 0%: growing) 33.35% 11.39% Compare
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corporation $342.8M 14.5× 16.7× +7.41% (above 0%: growing) +4.92% (above 0%: growing) +68.43% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 28.09% Compare
CDZI Cadiz, Inc. $322.6M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −76.27% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −66.49% (below 0%: shrinking) (2.45%) (902.45%) Compare
PCYO Pure Cycle Corporation $268.0M 18.1× 25.8× +59.96% (above 0%: growing) +33.33% (above 0%: growing) +492.06% (above 0%: growing) 52.12% 25.71% Compare
GWRS Global Water Resources, Inc. $233.0M 72.6× 121× +24.76% (above 0%: growing) +66.67% (above 0%: growing) +89.60% (above 0%: growing) 74.36% 25.36%
Median of peers $481.0M 20.2× 20.4× +10.84% +31.67% +26.73% 64.82% 24.34%

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Global Water Resources, Inc. (GWRS) key facts

  • Strength: Global Water Resources, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $55.8 million, up 5.82% from fiscal 2024.
  • Global Water Resources, Inc. (GWRS) is an Utilities Regulated Water company in the Utilities sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, GWRS traded at $7.99, a market capitalization of $233.0 million.
  • Global Water Resources, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share, a yield of 4.12%.
  • Return on equity was 4.41% and debt-to-equity 1.66.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.50 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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