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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.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 28.58 | 45.39 | 51.26 | 53.89 | 45.60 | 58.01 | 55.74 | 56.96 | 48.78 | 43.75 |
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| High | 56.93 | 69.29 | 68.42 | 74.47 | 74.99 | 73.69 | 83.88 | 83.66 | 66.22 | 57.17 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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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% |
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.