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 $67.3B. American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) is the largest at $26.1B, followed by Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp and Essential Utilities Inc.. The median Utilities Regulated Water stock trades at 20.6× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 20.2% (market: 0.55%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 6.92%. 11 of the 13 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 2.27%.

Utilities Regulated Water medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 20.6× 17.9×
P/S 4.4× 2.0×
P/B 1.9× 1.8×
EV/EBITDA 14.5× 11.0×
EV/Sales 6.2× 2.2×
Earnings yield 4.83% 1.18%
Free cash flow yield −4.54% 0.48%
Gross margin 71.9% 46.3%
Operating margin 29.2% 0.00%
Net margin 20.2% 0.55%
Free cash flow margin −19.5% 0.00%
Return on equity 9.00% 1.76%
Return on assets 3.21% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.08% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.92% 7.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.24% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.40% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.9× 0.2×
Current ratio 1.0× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 4.4× 0.6×
Dividend yield 2.27% 2.75%
Payout ratio 0.6× 0.0×
Market cap $997.0M $612.7M

Today’s biggest moves

Up

30.98 0.23 0.75%
53.47 0.36 0.68%
5.18 0.03 0.58%
46.17 0.17 0.37%
82.80 0.30 0.36%

Down

3.65 (0.06) (1.62%)
39.53 (0.21) (0.53%)
130.91 (0.62) (0.47%)
33.25 (0.07) (0.21%)
27.86 0.03 0.11%

All 13 companies

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
GWRS Global Water Resources, Inc. 228.64m 8.10 2.02% 73.64 5.22% 10.77% 2.31%
PCYO Pure Cycle Corporation 261.94m 10.87 0.00% 17.82 43.66% 22.88% —
CDZI Cadiz, Inc. 315.00m 3.65 (1.62%) 0.00 (353.94%) (21.32%) —
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corporation 344.27m 33.25 (0.21%) 14.46 20.19% 5.90% 4.00%
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. 446.92m 27.86 0.11% 27.03 12.64% (1.16%) 1.20%
YORW The York Water Company 498.95m 30.98 0.75% 19.24 28.53% 9.43% 2.27%
MSEX Middlesex Water Company 997.03m 53.47 0.68% 20.57 23.22% 5.26% 2.25%
HTO H2O America 2.60b 62.27 0.14% 21.77 12.91% 5.04% 2.58%
CWT California Water Service Group 2.84b 46.17 0.37% 20.70 12.63% 6.43% 2.22%
AWR American States Water Company 3.27b 82.80 0.36% 22.62 20.45% 13.23% 2.21%
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. 11.28b 39.53 (0.53%) 20.17 21.60% 9.86% 3.40%
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp 18.06b 5.18 0.58% 13.15 19.31% 7.82% 1.54%
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. 26.14b 130.91 (0.47%) 22.69 21.35% 6.92% 2.28%

Updated 26 September 2026