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California Water Service Group

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Price overview

$46.17

▲ +0.17 (+0.4%)

52w hi$52.09
52w lo$41.39
Vol360.80K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.09

Short+0.08
Medium-0.26
Long-0.10

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

California Water Service Group

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water

Market cap$2.86B
Enterprise value$4.49B
Trailing P/E20.70x
Forward P/E16.79x
EV / EBITDA12.43x
P / S (ttm)2.71x
Profit margin12.6%
Return on equity7.7%
Revenue growth+16.5%
Earnings growth+31.4%
Debt / equity92.68

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.31
Sector-0.10
Technical-0.03
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

California Water Service Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Texas. It 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 services. The company offers its services to approximately 500,000 customer connections in 20 separate districts; approximately 6,800 water and wastewater customer connections on the islands of Kauai, Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii; approximately 38,500 customer connections in the Tacoma, Olympia, Graham, Spanaway, Puyallup, Rainier, Yelm, and Gig Harbor areas; and approximately 11,800 water and wastewater customer connections in Rio Communities, Rio Del Oro, Meadow Lake, Indian Hills, Squaw Valley, Elephant Butte, Morningstar, Sandia Knolls, Juan Tomas, Monterey, and Cypress Gardens systems. 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; and billing of optional third-party insurance programs to its residential customers. In addition, it provides wastewater collection and treatment services. California Water Service Group was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

United States · www.calwatergroup.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX-0.05
Corr SPX-0.03
Annual vol23.6%
Annual ret-5.1%
Sharpe-0.21
Max DD-23.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-07-30Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-07-29Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-05-21Shareholder Voteread
2026-05-20Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-05-01Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-04-30Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-04-29Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-03-18Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-03-05Reg FD Disclosureread
2026-02-25Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-01-28Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2025-11-20Other Material Event, Exhibitsread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-06-05Scanlon Thomas AVP, Corporate Controller Withheld for tax30$1.37K
2026-06-05Milleman Greg AVP Rates & Regulatory AffWithheld for tax66$3.02K
2026-06-05Ouyang Elissa YVP Facilities Fleet ProcuWithheld for tax66$3.02K
2026-06-05Mares Michael S JRSVP OperationsWithheld for tax68$3.12K
2026-06-05Peters Todd KennethVice President, EngineeriWithheld for tax40$1.83K
2026-06-05Lynch James PatrickSVP CFO and TreasurerWithheld for tax49$2.25K
2026-06-05Mortensen Michelle RVP Corp Sect, Gov & AssurWithheld for tax73$3.34K
2026-06-05Luu Michael BSVP Corp Svce & Chief RisWithheld for tax69$3.16K
2026-06-04Milleman Greg AVP Rates & Regulatory AffWithheld for tax67$3.03K
2026-06-04Peters Todd KennethVice President, EngineeriWithheld for tax40$1.81K

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net$0
Insider buys / sells0 / 0
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders0
Top-5 share0.0%
HHI0 (—)

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-144view
2026-08-054view
2026-08-043view
2026-07-308-Kview
2026-07-3010-Qview
2026-07-298-Kview
2026-06-084view
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The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$963.70M+7.3%
Operating income$170.37M+14.4%
Net income$190.81M+38.4%
Cash from ops$302.56M+7.8%

Indices

S&P SmallCap 600

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$46.11$46.20$45.63$46.17360.80K
Sep 24$46.26$46.68$45.85$46.00468.20K
Sep 23$47.07$47.09$46.02$46.07412.60K
Sep 22$47.34$47.60$47.06$47.29392.00K
Sep 21$47.25$47.68$47.18$47.26366.30K

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