California Water Service Group CWT
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At close · Oct 30
After hours · Oct 30, 4:01 PM ET
- YTD
- +11.93%
- 1 year
- +7.32%
- Open
- 48.30
- Prev close
- 47.62
- Mkt cap
- 3.05B
- Vol
- 603.54K
- Avg vol
- 468.14K
- EPS
- 2.23
- P/E
- 21.75
- Div yield
- 2.81%
More statistics
- Low
- 47.41
- High
- 48.63
- Forward P/E
- 17.70
- Beta
- 0.48
- Short ratio
- 5.36
- Inst. own
- 95.90%
- Dividend
- 1.34
- Ex-div date
- Nov 8, 2026
- Earnings
- Feb 24, 2027
- 50-d avg
- 47.64
- 200-d avg
- 46.63
- 1y target
- 54.75
2Y chart
Events in this range
- Nov 12, 2024Dividend: 0.28
- Jan 7, 2025Rating: Wells Fargo · Equal-Weight → Overweight
- Feb 10, 2025Dividend: 0.34
- Apr 11, 2025Rating: Seaport Global · Neutral → Buy
- May 2, 2025Rating: Wells Fargo · Overweight → Overweight
- May 12, 2025Dividend: 0.3
- Aug 1, 2025Rating: Wells Fargo · Overweight → Overweight
- Aug 11, 2025Dividend: 0.3
- Oct 30, 2025Earnings: 1.03; estimate 1.2; surprise -14.17%
- Nov 10, 2025Dividend: 0.3
- Feb 9, 2026Dividend: 0.335
- Feb 25, 2026Earnings: 0.19; estimate 0.36; surprise -47.22%
- Apr 30, 2026Earnings: 0.07; estimate 0.25; surprise -72%
- May 11, 2026Dividend: 0.335
- Jul 30, 2026Earnings: 0.93; estimate 0.8; surprise 16.25%
- Aug 10, 2026Dividend: 0.335
- Sep 23, 2026Rating: Freedom Broker · — → Hold
- Oct 29, 2026Earnings: 1.05; estimate 1.16; surprise -9.48%
- Oct 29, 2026Rating: Freedom Broker · Hold → Buy
Signals (121)
| Name | Date | Ago |
|---|---|---|
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 2026 | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 2026 | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 27, 2026 | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 26, 2026 | 5 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 23, 2026 | 1 week ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 22, 2026 | 1 week ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 9, 2026 | 3 weeks ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 1, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 23, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Sep 23, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 4, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 2, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 1, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jul 28, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 23, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jul 16, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jul 2, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jun 26, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jun 23, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jun 22, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 18, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 17, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 9, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 8, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 3, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 2, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 2, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 1, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 29, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | May 21, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 29, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 29, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Apr 29, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 20, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 20, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Apr 20, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Apr 15, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 13, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 13, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 2, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 31, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 27, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Mar 27, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 26, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 17, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 13, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 10, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 6, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Mar 6, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 3, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Mar 3, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 26, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Feb 26, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 23, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 20, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 19, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 18, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 13, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Feb 12, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 10, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 9, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Feb 9, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Feb 4, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 29, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 28, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jan 28, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 26, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 23, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 12, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Dec 16, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Dec 3, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Nov 26, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Nov 5, 2025 | 12 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Nov 5, 2025 | 12 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 4, 2025 | 12 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 4, 2025 | 12 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 30, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 20, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 14, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 13, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 8, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 7, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 7, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 1, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Sep 30, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 15, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 11, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 8, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 5, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 3, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 2, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Sep 2, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 28, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 25, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 22, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 1, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jul 31, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 18, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jul 9, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 8, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jul 1, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jun 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jun 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| RSI: Oversold | May 14, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 12, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Apr 25, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Apr 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Apr 9, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Mar 31, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Mar 19, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 28, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 18, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jan 16, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Dec 18, 2024 | 1 year ago |
Key statistics
- Market cap
- 3.03B
- Enterprise value
- 4.60B
- Trailing P/E
- 21.63
- Forward P/E
- 17.70
- PEG ratio
- 2.22
- Price / sales
- 2.82
- Price / book
- 1.59
- EPS (TTM)
- 2.23
- Beta
- 0.48
- Dividend yield
- 2.81%
- Payout ratio
- 56.95%
- Profit margin
- 12.78%
- Revenue (TTM)
- 1.08B
- Revenue growth
- 6.70%
- Free cash flow
- 0
- Total cash
- 45.12M
- Total debt
- 1.65B
- Return on equity
- 7.61%
- Shares outstanding
- 62.88M
- Short % of float
- 5.14%
- 50-day average
- 47.64
- 200-day average
- 46.63
Analyst view
Consensus: strong buy
- Target (low)
- 53.00
- Target (mean)
- 54.75
- Target (high)
- 57.00
- Strong buy0
- Buy4
- Hold0
- Sell0
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Feb 24, 2027
Expected Feb 24, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 0.39.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2027 | Dec 30, 2026 | 0.39 | — | — | — |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 1.16 | 1.05 | -0.11 | -9.48% |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 0.80 | 0.93 | +0.13 | +16.25% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 0.25 | 0.07 | -0.18 | -72.00% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 0.36 | 0.19 | -0.17 | -47.22% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 1.20 | 1.03 | -0.17 | -14.17% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Freedom Broker | up | Hold | Buy |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Freedom Broker | init | — | Hold |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Wells Fargo | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| May 2, 2025 | Wells Fargo | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Seaport Global | up | Neutral | Buy |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Wells Fargo | up | Equal-Weight | Overweight |
About California Water Service Group
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.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Water
- Country
- United States
- Website
- calwatergroup.com
News
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- California Water Service Group Q3 Earnings Call Highlights
- California Water Service Group (CWT) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
- Freedom Broker Upgrades California Water Servs Gr to Buy, Raises Price Target to $53
- California Water Servs Gr Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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- Reported Earlier, California Water Servs Q3 EPS $1.05 Misses $1.14 Estimate, Sales $332.168M Miss $332.173M Estimate
- California Water Service Group Reports Solid Third Quarter 2026 Results and Successful Execution of Business Strategy
- 4 Water Supply Stocks to Watch Amid Expanding Industry Opportunities
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIFF GREGORY E | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 2, 2026 | 26,395 |
| DEAN SHANNON C | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 5, 2026 | 23,816 |
| ESQUE SHELLY MARIAN | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 2, 2026 | 18,331 |
| KROPELNICKI MARTIN A | Chief Executive Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 5, 2026 | 148,828 |
| KRUMMEL THOMAS M | Director | Sale | Aug 12, 2026 | 20,103 |
| LUU MICHAEL B | Officer | Sale | Mar 19, 2026 | 23,654 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 17.39% | 10,755,498 | 518.68M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 7.08% | 4,379,671 | 211.21M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 5.69% | 3,517,105 | 169.61M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Amundi | 5.64% | 3,486,859 | 168.15M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 5.28% | 3,266,850 | 157.54M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.35% | 2,690,663 | 129.76M | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 5.94% | 3,671,859 | 177.08M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.07% | 1,899,285 | 91.59M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 2.60% | 1,607,202 | 77.51M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund | 2.22% | 1,372,578 | 66.19M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Securities Fund-Fidelity Small Cap Value Fund | 2.07% | 1,281,035 | 61.78M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund, Inc. | 1.50% | 928,280 | 44.77M | Jun 29, 2026 |