California Water Service Group (CWT)

US — Utilities Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol CWT
  • Rev/Share 16.8223
  • Book/Share 28.5793
  • PB 1.6003
  • Debt/Equity 0.8946
  • CurrentRatio 0.5471
  • ROIC 0.034

 

  • MktCap 2721536543.0
  • FreeCF/Share -3.0309
  • PFCF -15.0697
  • PE 19.9522
  • Debt/Assets 0.2756
  • DivYield 0.0272
  • ROE 0.0823

 

  • Rating B-
  • Score 3
  • Recommendation Neutral
  • P/E Score 2
  • DCF Score 1
  • P/B Score 3
  • D/E Score 3

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Upgrade CWT Seaport Research Partners Neutral Buy -- $54 April 11, 2025
Upgrade CWT Wells Fargo Equal Weight Overweight $56 $52 Jan. 7, 2025
Initiation CWT BofA Securities -- Buy -- $57 Dec. 11, 2024

News

2025 Dividend Kings: Weathering Tariff Volatility Better Than The Market
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Published: April 23, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

The Dividend Kings are outperforming the S&P 500 in 2025 by 8.94%. Top performers include National Fuel & Gas (+28.88%), Consolidated Edison (+28.10%), and Middlesex Water Company (+21.00%). Promising Dividend Kings identified in March showed relative outperformance, averaging -3.15% vs. -8.16% for SPY.

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California Water's Capital Investments to Improve Resiliency
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Published: March 10, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

CWT invests $471 million in capital improvements in 2024 and plans to invest nearly $660 million in 2025 to further improve its operations.

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California Water Service Group Announces Addition of Kris A. Hamner as Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer
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Published: February 28, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (Group or Company, NYSE: CWT) today announced that Kris A. Hamner will join the company as Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer, effective February 28, 2025. He succeeds Ronald D. Webb, who will retire after more than a decade of service to the Company.

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California Water Service Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results
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Published: February 27, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (Group or Company, NYSE: CWT), a leading publicly traded water utility serving California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Washington, and Texas, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024.

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About California Water Service Group (CWT)

  • IPO Date 1990-03-26
  • Website https://www.calwatergroup.com
  • Industry Regulated Water
  • CEO Martin A. Kropelnicki
  • Employees 1278

California Water Service Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Texas. The company is involved in the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution, and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, as well as for fire protection. It offers its services to approximately 494,500 customer connections in 100 California communities; approximately 6,200 water and wastewater customer connections on the islands of Maui and Hawaii; approximately 36,400 customer connections in the Tacoma, Olympia, Graham, Spanaway, Puyallup, and Gig Harbor areas; and approximately 8,600 water and wastewater customer connections in the Belen, Los Lunas, Indian Hills, and Elephant Butte areas in New Mexico. The company also engages in the provision of non-regulated water-related services, including operating of municipally owned water systems, privately owned water, and recycled water distribution systems; water system operation, meter reading, and billing services to private companies and municipalities; leasing of communication antenna sites on its properties to telecommunication companies; and billing of optional third-party insurance programs to its residential customers, as well as provides lab services. In addition, it offers wastewater collection and treatment services. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.