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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.16%, EPS fell 9.86%, free cash flow grew 14.1% and total debt rose 1.04%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten, operating cash flow growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

58.54 0.47 +0.81%
Market cap
$2.4B
P/E
20.5×
Fwd P/E
20.4×
Dividend yield
2.97%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.69
Beneish M
−2.72
Dividend safety
36/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 8.04
Total sells 0.28
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — 2 1 — 2 — — —
Sell 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 — — —
Insider Ownership 6.74%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2,430.00
Revenue 828.50
Net Income 106.95
Free Cash Flow (272.56)
Net Debt 1,787.39
Current Ratio 1.67 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 1.03
P/E ratio 20.47
Fwd P/E 20.40
P/S ratio 2.96
P/B ratio 1.33
Past 5Y EPS Growth 6.41%
This Y EPS Growth (5.24%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 0.15%
Next Y revenue growth 8.37%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 6.50%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 34.45%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 38.00%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 14.22%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 51.29%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.61
Annual Dividend Rate 1.74
Annual Dividend Yield 2.97%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.77
0.44
0.44
0.44
2025 1.68
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.42
2024 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2023 1.52
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
2022 1.44
0.36
0.36
0.36
0.36
2021 1.36
0.34
0.34
0.34
0.34
2020 1.28
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
2019 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2018 1.12
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.28
2017 1.04
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.17
2016 0.81
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 10 11 21 104
Receivables 77 82 73 83
Inventory — — — —
Other 101 88 85 98
198 191 191 296
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 46 56 75 70
ST’ Debt 220 123 110 10
Other 24 24 21 26
343 261 273 178

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 10.13% 7.24% 8.85%
Cash Flow 9.57% 18.66% 13.78%
Earnings 10.47% 10.77% 11.59%
Book Value 14.91% 10.93% 11.52%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 183 210 — — —
’25 168 198 241 194 801
’24 149 176 225 198 748
’23 137 157 205 171 670
’22 124 149 176 171 621
’21 115 152 167 140 574
’20 116 147 166 136 565
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 44 61 — — —
’25 43 61 77 64 245
’24 51 49 54 41 196
’23 51 47 62 32 191
’22 45 38 46 37 166
’21 33 34 33 30 130
’20 8 24 38 33 104
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (49) (61) — — —
’25 (41) (71) (76) (87) (275)
’24 (22) (47) (47) (65) (182)
’23 (4) (23) (23) (72) (122)
’22 (3) (28) (18) (27) (75)
’21 (18) (19) (41) (25) (104)
’20 (34) (13) (22) (39) (108)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.49 0.62 — — —
’25 0.49 0.71 1.27 0.45 2.92
’24 0.36 0.64 1.17 0.68 2.87
’23 0.37 0.58 1.13 0.59 2.68
’22 0.12 0.38 0.82 1.09 2.43
’21 0.09 0.69 0.64 0.60 2.03
’20 0.08 0.69 0.91 0.46 2.14
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.8
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 28.58 45.39 51.26 53.89 45.60 58.01 55.74 56.96 48.78 43.75

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 56.93 69.29 68.42 74.47 74.99 73.69 83.88 83.66 66.22 57.17
People
People Employees 406 411 416 732 748 751 757 808 822 837
Revenue/emp, $m 0.84 0.95 0.96 0.57 0.75 0.76 0.82 0.83 0.91 0.96
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 340 389 398 420 565 574 621 670 748 801
Gross margin, % 63.02 59.37 57.57 58.20 60.00 60.07 62.50 61.78 60.98 61.13
EBT 86 96 49 32 70 69 82 91 103 115
EBT margin, % 25.43 24.79 12.28 7.63 12.38 12.00 13.26 13.57 13.75 14.36
Net income 53 61 39 24 62 60 74 85 94 103
Depreciation 46 51 57 68 92 96 106 108 115 120
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 16.62 18.98 18.75 14.78 19.79 19.38 20.48 21.23 22.89 22.87
Earnings 2.59 2.89 1.83 0.82 2.16 2.04 2.44 2.69 2.87 2.93
Cash flow 5.61 4.93 4.31 4.57 3.65 4.39 5.48 6.04 5.98 6.99
Capex (6.96) (7.27) (6.81) (6.23) (7.42) (7.89) (7.96) (9.91) (11.54) (14.85)
Free cash flow (1.35) (2.34) (2.50) (1.66) (3.77) (3.50) (2.48) (3.87) (5.56) (7.86)
Book value 20.63 22.59 41.92 31.29 32.16 34.95 36.66 39.06 41.80 44.02
Shares, m 20 21 21 28 29 30 30 32 33 35
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 21.29 22.04 30.23 85.61 32.26 36.06 33.84 24.50 17.21 16.78
P/S 3.32 3.34 2.97 4.81 3.50 3.78 4.01 3.09 2.15 2.14
P/B 2.67 2.81 1.33 2.27 2.16 2.09 2.24 1.68 1.18 1.11
EV/Sales 4.56 4.50 3.25 8.15 6.21 6.54 6.66 5.68 4.58 4.59
EV/FCF (56.04) (36.50) (24.31) (72.69) (32.59) (36.20) (55.01) (31.22) (18.87) (13.35)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 115 101 91 130 104 130 166 191 196 245
Capex (142) (149) (144) (177) (212) (234) (241) (313) (377) (520)
Free cash flow (28) (48) (53) (47) (108) (104) (75) (122) (182) (275)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 36 (18) 339 (113) (223) (69) (110) (145) (70) (83)
Total debt 448 456 531 1,423 1,539 1,595 1,656 1,747 1,830 1,977
Net debt 422 448 111 1,405 1,530 1,583 1,644 1,737 1,819 1,956
Shareholders’ equity 422 463 889 890 917 1,035 1,111 1,233 1,367 1,541
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.80 4.08 2.27 0.92 1.91 1.78 2.04 2.10 2.09 2.09
ROIC 7.22 6.98 4.59 1.57 3.01 2.65 2.97 3.14 3.35 3.17
ROE 13.12 13.38 5.73 2.63 6.81 6.20 6.88 7.25 7.23 7.06
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

H2O America 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
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. $11.0B 19.9× 16.9× +3.10% (above 0%: growing) −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) −1.23% (below 0%: shrinking) 91.30% 36.41% Compare
AWR American States Water Company $3.2B 22.5× 21.1× +11.18% (above 0%: growing) +26.44% (above 0%: growing) −126.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 79.44% 35.29% Compare
CWT California Water Service Group $2.8B 20.6× 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 20.5× 20.4× +6.16% (above 0%: growing) −9.86% (below 0%: shrinking) +14.08% (above 0%: growing) 59.39% 20.31%
MSEX Middlesex Water Company $1.0B 20.6× 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 $502.6M 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. $485.6M 29.7× 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 $346.8M 14.6× 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. $298.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −76.27% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −66.49% (below 0%: shrinking) (2.45%) (902.45%) Compare
Median of peers $751.3M 20.6× 18.9× +9.30% +26.44% −9.77% 85.37% 30.22%

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H2O America (HTO) key facts

  • Strength: H2O America’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $800.6 million, up 6.97% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $102.6 million, or $2.93 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.8%.
  • H2O America (HTO) is an Utilities Regulated Water company in the Utilities sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 9, 2026, HTO traded at $58.54, a market capitalization of $2.4 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 20.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 34% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • H2O America pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share, a yield of 2.97%, with a payout ratio of 61.5%.
  • Return on equity was 7.06% and debt-to-equity 1.03.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.69 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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