American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) vs California Water Service Group (CWT)

American Water Works Company, Inc. and California Water Service Group are both Utilities Regulated Water companies. American Water Works Company, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $26.4B against $2.9B — 9.3× the size. California Water Service Group trades at the lower P/E: 20.8× against 23.4×. American Water Works Company, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.92% against 6.43%. American Water Works Company, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.4% vs 12.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.70% vs 3.41%). Both pay a dividend; California Water Service Group yields more (2.81% vs 2.55%). Across the 22 metrics below, American Water Works Company, Inc. leads on 12 and California Water Service Group on 10.

Valuation

Metric AWK CWT Utilities Regulated Water median
P/E 23.38 20.79 20.81
P/S 5.00 2.65 4.51
P/B 2.27 1.55 1.96
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA 14.11 13.32 14.30
EV/Sales 7.71 4.16 6.15
Earnings yield 4.28% 4.81% 4.80%
Free cash flow yield (3.90%) (8.42%) (4.40%)

Profitability

Metric AWK CWT Utilities Regulated Water median
Gross margin 100.00% 68.05% 71.91%
Operating margin 36.94% 17.57% 29.22%
Net margin 21.35% 12.63% 20.19%
Free cash flow margin (19.49%) (22.36%) (19.49%)
Return on equity 10.10% 7.68% 9.00%
Return on assets 3.21% 2.35% 3.21%
Return on invested capital 4.70% 3.41% 4.08%

Growth

Metric AWK CWT Utilities Regulated Water median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.92% 6.43% 6.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 5.57% (33.85%) 1.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.36% 4.72% 7.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.40% 5.77% 9.40%

Health

Metric AWK CWT Utilities Regulated Water median
Debt to equity 1.24 0.93 0.93
Current ratio 0.52 0.70 1.01
Net debt to EBITDA 5.10 4.75 4.42

Dividend

Metric AWK CWT Utilities Regulated Water median
Dividend yield 2.55% 2.81% 2.81%
Payout ratio 0.60 0.59 0.57

Size

Metric AWK CWT Utilities Regulated Water median
Market cap 26.44b 2.85b 1.02b

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