H2O America

HTO Utilities Utilities Regulated Water

H2O America’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $800.6 million, up 6.97% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.02%
EPS
−19.2%
Free cash flow
+34.0%
Total debt
+9.90%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

62.72 2.08 +3.43%
Market cap
$2.9B
P/E
23.2×
Fwd P/E
20.3×
Dividend yield
3.59%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.69
Beneish M
−2.72
Dividend safety
36/100

H2O America (HTO) Operating margin

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H2O America's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 20.7%, down 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (22.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.7% (fiscal 2019) to 28.7% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 31.2% and above the Utilities sector median of 18.8%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 22.2% (0.61)
FY2024 22.8% 0.49
FY2023 22.3% 1.19
FY2022 21.1% 1.72
FY2021 19.4% (1.46)
FY2020 20.8% 7.17
FY2019 13.7% (4.80)
FY2018 18.5% (7.70)
FY2017 26.2% (2.51)
FY2016 28.7% 2.47

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 24.2% 3.86
Jun 2026 20.3% (0.11)
Mar 2026 20.4% 3.35
Dec 2025 17.1% (9.80)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 13.7% High 28.7%
Ten-year median 22.2%
Current reading's percentile 40

Operating margin against peers

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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