CWT
California Water Service Group
NYSEUSDEQUITY
Utilities
DELAYED
Last price
49.55
▼ 0.47 (0.94%)
MARKET · —
Price
Open
50.02
Prev close
50.02
Day high
50.16
Day low
49.38
Volume
219.42K
Market cap
$3.06B
P/E (TTM)
22.22
52W range
41.29 – 53.82
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
-1.69%
-0.3%
1M
-2.77%
-6.5%
3M
+14.67%
+11.6%
6M
+8.31%
-2.8%
YTD
+14.35%
+2.1%
1Y
+6.13%
-13.9%
3Y
-4.16%
-78.3%
5Y
—
—
Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Fundamentals
Market cap$3.06B
Enterprise value$4.70B
Revenue (TTM)$1.05B
Gross profit$561.84M
EBITDA$361.32M
Net income$133.21M
EPS (TTM)$2.23
Free cash flow$-258.75M
Total cash$43.45M
Total debt$1.68B
Book value / share$29.23
Shares outstanding61.84M
Float61.34M
Short % of float4.04%
Dividend yield2.70%
Beta (5Y)0.49
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E22.22
Forward P/E18.02
PEG ratio2.22
Price / sales—
Price / book1.70
EV / revenue4.46
EV / EBITDA13.01
Gross margin53.29%
Operating margin28.21%
Profit margin12.63%
Return on equity7.68%
Return on assets2.40%
Debt / equity92.68
Current ratio0.70
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $1.00B | $1.04B | $794.63M | $846.43M |
| Cost of revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R&D | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — |
| Pre-tax income | — | — | — | — |
| Tax provision | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $128.21M | $190.81M | $51.91M | $96.01M |
| EBIT | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | — | — | — | — |
| Short-term investments | — | — | — | — |
| Net receivables | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Retained earnings | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder equity | — | — | — | — |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $128.21M | $190.81M | $51.91M | $96.01M |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Change in working capital | — | — | — | — |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — |
| Investing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — |
| Financing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | — |
Earnings
Reported vs expected · EPS
| Quarter | Est. | Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 0.63 | 0.93 | +47.6% |
| Mar 2026 | 0.24 | 0.07 | -70.2% |
| Dec 2025 | 0.33 | 0.19 | -42.4% |
| Sep 2025 | 0.94 | 1.03 | +10.0% |
Forward consensus
| Period | EPS | Analysts | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 1.21 | 1 | $316.22M | +1.6% |
| Next quarter | 0.39 | 1 | $246.15M | +11.9% |
| Current year | 2.61 | 3 | $1.09B | +8.7% |
| Next year | 2.75 | 3 | $1.17B | +7.2% |
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target$55.33
High target$57.00
Low target$53.00
Implied upside11.67%
Analyst count3
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy0 / 3
Hold0
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders0.64%
Held by institutions98.68%
Institutions holding481
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Insider net activity
Net shares
+62.27K
Net buying
Buy transactions
37
75.41K shares
Sell transactions
5
13.13K shares
Net transactions
+42
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.2 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
398.86K
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 26 | KRUMMEL THOMAS M Director |
SELL | 3.70K | $186.35K | Direct |
| Aug 4, 26 | SHIMANSKY GREGORY DALE Officer |
STOCK | 446 | $0 | Direct |
| May 27, 26 | SNOW LESTER A Director |
SELL | 1.10K | $48.40K | Direct |
| May 21, 26 | KRUMMEL THOMAS M Director |
SELL | 3.70K | $160.21K | Direct |
| Mar 20, 26 | LUU MICHAEL B Officer |
SELL | 739 | $32.95K | Direct |
| Mar 20, 26 | MARES MICHAEL S. JR. Officer |
SELL | 3.89K | $171.25K | Direct |
| Mar 6, 26 | LUU MICHAEL B Officer |
STOCK | 1.10K | $0 | Direct |
| Mar 6, 26 | MORTENSEN MICHELLE R Officer |
STOCK | 900 | $0 | Direct |
| Mar 6, 26 | DEAN SHANNON C Officer |
STOCK | 900 | $0 | Direct |
| Mar 6, 26 | JENKINS KENNETH G Officer |
STOCK | 548 | $0 | Direct |
| Mar 6, 26 | KROPELNICKI MARTIN A Chief Executive Officer |
STOCK | 6.51K | $0 | Direct |
| Mar 6, 26 | OUYANG ELISSA Y Officer |
STOCK | 900 | $0 | Direct |
| Mar 6, 26 | MARES MICHAEL S. JR. Officer |
STOCK | 900 | $0 | Direct |
| Mar 6, 26 | MILLEMAN GREG A. Officer |
STOCK | 900 | $0 | Direct |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
ALIFF GREGORY E |
Director | 26.39K | Stock Award(Grant) |
DEAN SHANNON C |
Officer | 23.82K | Stock Award(Grant) |
ESQUE SHELLY MARIAN |
Director | 18.33K | Stock Award(Grant) |
KROPELNICKI MARTIN A |
Chief Executive Officer | 148.83K | Stock Award(Grant) |
KRUMMEL THOMAS M |
Director | 20.10K | Sale |
LUU MICHAEL B |
Officer | 23.65K | Sale |
POTTENGER CAROL M. |
Director | 19.19K | Stock Award(Grant) |
SNOW LESTER A |
Director | 18.32K | Sale |
WAGNER PATRICIA K |
Director | 15.21K | Stock Award(Grant) |
WEBB RONALD D |
Officer | 28.49K | Stock Award(Grant) |
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
49.90
-0.71% from price
SMA 20
50.20
-1.29% from price
SMA 50
49.26
+0.58% from price
SMA 100
47.00
+5.43% from price
SMA 200
45.87
+8.01% from price
EMA 12
49.96
-0.81% from price
EMA 26
49.88
-0.67% from price
EMA 50
49.11
+0.89% from price
RSI (14)
47.5
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
0.07
Hist -0.14
ATR (14)
1.03
2.07% of price
Realised vol 30D
21.6%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
51.68
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
48.72
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
49.26 vs 45.87
Trend bias
Above 200
+8.01%
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
-0.24
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
-0.13
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
21.6%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-15.3%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-41.7%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.03
2.07% of price
Beta (reported)
0.49
5Y monthly, from filing
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
0.11
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.26
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
45.00
-9.2% from spot
ATM implied vol
91.6%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+42.5%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
140
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
16
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
55.00
173 contracts
Heaviest put OI
45.00
35 contracts
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
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