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CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP CWT
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP (CWT) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It pays a dividend yielding 2.51% (safety: moderate). FY2025 revenue was $963.7M at a 13.3% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (main) |
| 2025-05-02 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (main) |
| 2025-04-11 | Seaport Global | Buy (up) |
| 2025-01-07 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (up) |
| 2024-07-31 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight (up) |
| 2024-04-26 | Baird | Outperform (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
Percentile vs other Transportation & Utilities companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.011 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.129 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.03 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.425 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWT | CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP | 4/9 | 0.99 | 22.9 | +6.4% |
| HTO | H2O AMERICA | 3/9 | 0.94 | 24.8 | +7.6% |
| AWR | AMERICAN STATES WATER CO | 6/9 | 2.04 | 24.8 | +10.5% |
| MSEX | MIDDLESEX WATER CO | 4/9 | 1.13 | 24.1 | +1.5% |
| CWCO | Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. | 5/9 | 13.28 | 25.7 | -1.4% |
| ARTNA | ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORP | 5/9 | 0.93 | 15.2 | +4.6% |
| YORW | YORK WATER CO | 3/9 | 1.24 | 24.1 | +3.4% |
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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.
FAQ
Is CWT financially healthy?
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP's Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does CWT pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP pays a dividend yielding about 2.51% with a 57.6% payout ratio, rated “moderate” for safety.
How profitable is CWT?
In FY2025, CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP had a net margin of 13.3% and a return on equity of 7.6%.
Is CWT overvalued or undervalued?
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP trades at about 23.2× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 13.9×–49.7×, median 34.2×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for CWT?
The average Wall-Street price target for CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP is $51.67, about 3.4% above the recent price, from 3 analysts.
Is CWT a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a P/E of about 22.9×, a dividend yield of 2.51%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.