Utilities Regulated Water industry stocks

The Utilities Regulated Water industry has 13 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Utilities sector, with a combined market value of $71.5B. American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) is the largest at $26.4B, followed by Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp and Essential Utilities Inc.. The median Utilities Regulated Water stock trades at 20.8× trailing earnings, above the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 20.2% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 6.92%. 10 of the 13 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 2.87%.

Utilities Regulated Water medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 20.8× 18.1×
P/S 4.5× 1.9×
P/B 2.0× 1.7×
EV/EBITDA 14.3× 11.0×
EV/Sales 6.1× 2.1×
Earnings yield 4.80% 1.20%
Free cash flow yield −4.40% 0.27%
Gross margin 71.9% 46.2%
Operating margin 29.2% 0.00%
Net margin 20.2% 0.45%
Free cash flow margin −19.5% 0.00%
Return on equity 9.00% 1.35%
Return on assets 3.21% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.08% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.92% 7.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.38% 13.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.24% 8.93%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.40% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.9× 0.1×
Current ratio 1.0× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 4.4× 0.6×
Dividend yield 2.81% 2.26%
Payout ratio 0.6× 0.3×
Market cap $1.0B $584.7M

Today’s biggest moves

Up

3.87 0.06 +1.57%
134.90 1.86 +1.40%
40.80 0.51 +1.27%
54.59 0.68 +1.26%
83.45 0.71 +0.86%

Down

28.24 0.52 −1.81%
6.26 0.00 0.00%
31.01 0.11 +0.36%
33.38 0.22 +0.66%
57.69 0.39 +0.68%

All 13 companies

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. 26.44b 134.90 1.40% 23.38 21.35% 6.92% 2.55%
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp 21.95b 6.26 0.00% 15.90 19.31% 7.82% 0.00%
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. 11.43b 40.80 1.27% 20.82 21.60% 9.86% 3.40%
AWR American States Water Company 3.28b 83.45 0.86% 22.80 20.45% 13.23% 2.47%
CWT California Water Service Group 2.85b 46.37 0.69% 20.79 12.63% 6.43% 2.81%
HTO H2O America 2.40b 57.69 0.68% 20.17 12.91% 5.04% 3.02%
MSEX Middlesex Water Company 1.02b 54.59 1.26% 21.08 23.22% 5.26% 2.64%
YORW The York Water Company 501.46m 31.01 0.36% 19.26 28.53% 9.43% 2.94%
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. 460.53m 28.24 (1.81%) 27.40 12.64% (1.16%) 1.98%
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corporation 342.83m 33.38 0.66% 14.51 20.19% 5.90% 3.80%
CDZI Cadiz, Inc. 322.62m 3.87 1.57% 0.00 (353.94%) (21.32%) —
PCYO Pure Cycle Corporation 267.96m 11.02 (0.90%) 18.07 43.66% 22.88% —
GWRS Global Water Resources, Inc. 232.96m 7.99 (1.24%) 72.64 5.22% 10.77% 4.12%

Updated 17 October 2026