How to buy California Water Service Group stock (CWT)

California Water Service Group is an utilities - regulated water business based in the US. California Water Service Group shares (CWT) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $46.00 – a decrease of 5.15% over the previous week. California Water Service Group employs 1,266 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1 billion.

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California Water Service Group stock price (NYSE: CWT)

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California Water Service Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$46.00
52-week range	$42.80 - $55.95
50-day moving average more info button	$51.08
200-day moving average more info button	$50.54
Wall St. target price	$57.00
PE ratio more info button	13.3208
Dividend yield more info button	$1.1 (2.43%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$3.46

Is it a good time to buy California Water Service Group stock?

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California Water Service Group price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $45.92 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-5.32%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-10.61%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-14.95%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-4.39%

1 year (2023-12-21)	-11.91%
2 years (2022-12-21)	-22.01%
3 years (2021-12-21)	66.0617
5 years (2019-12-20)	46.468

Is California Water Service Group stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing California Water Service Group stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of California Water Service Group's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

California Water Service Group's P/E ratio

California Water Service Group's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, California Water Service Group shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

California Water Service Group's PEG ratio

California Water Service Group's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.7043. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into California Water Service Group's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

California Water Service Group's EBITDA

California Water Service Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $404 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a California Water Service Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

California Water Service Group financials

Revenue TTM	$1 billion
Operating margin TTM	28.94%
Gross profit TTM	$429.4 million
Return on assets TTM	3.75%
Return on equity TTM	13.17%
Profit margin	19.56%
Book value	$27.38
Market Capitalization more info button	$2.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

California Water Service Group share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 31.79% of net profits

Recently California Water Service Group has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), California Water Service Group shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In California Water Service Group's case, that would currently equate to about $1.1 per share.

While California Water Service Group's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that California Water Service Group may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

California Water Service Group's most recent dividend payout was on 21 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 11 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have California Water Service Group's shares ever split?

California Water Service Group's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 12 June 2011 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your California Water Service Group shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for California Water Service Group shares which in turn could have impacted California Water Service Group's share price.

California Water Service Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, California Water Service Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $42.7981 up to $55.9477. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while California Water Service Group's is 0.489. This would suggest that California Water Service Group's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

California Water Service Group overview

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 services. It offers its services to approximately 497,700 customer connections in 100 California communities; approximately 6,500 water and wastewater customer connections on the islands of Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii; approximately 38,000 customer connections in the Tacoma, Olympia, Graham, Spanaway, Puyallup, Rainier, Yelm, and Gig Harbor areas; and approximately 11,400 water and wastewater customer connections in Rio Communities, Rio Del Oro, Meadow Lake, Indian Hills, Squaw Valley, Elephant Butte, Morningstar, Sandia Knolls, Juan Tomas, 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 lab, wastewater collection, and treatment services. California Water Service Group was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. .

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of California Water Service Group is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.718% of California Water Service Group shares are held by insiders and 88.329% by institutions. How many people work for California Water Service Group?
Latest data suggests 1,266 work at California Water Service Group. When does the fiscal year end for California Water Service Group?
California Water Service Group's fiscal year ends in December. Where is California Water Service Group based?
California Water Service Group's address is: 1720 North First Street, San Jose, CA, United States, 95112-4598 What is California Water Service Group's ISIN number?
California Water Service Group's international securities identification number is: US1307881029 What is California Water Service Group's CUSIP number?
California Water Service Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 130788102