CWT

California Water Service Group
NYSEUSDEQUITY Utilities DELAYED
Last price
45.55
▼ 0.29 (0.63%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
46.45
Prev close
45.84
Day high
46.31
Day low
45.25
Volume
424.52K
Market cap
$2.82B
P/E (TTM)
20.43
52W range
41.29 – 53.82

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+1.33%
Prior close 45.84
VWAP
45.58
-0.06% from price
Relative volume
1.47×
Normal
Session range
2.65%
45.25 – 46.45
Position in range
25%
Near session low
ATR (14D)
0.93
2.05% of price
Prior day high
46.33
PDH
Prior day low
45.17
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
702.61K
Avg 478.43K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
-0.63% -2.6%
1M
-8.95% -10.1%
3M
-7.70% -12.2%
6M
-0.35% -18.5%
YTD
+5.12% -9.1%
1Y
+0.33% -16.1%
3Y
-3.72% -86.0%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-8.55K
Net selling
Buy transactions
1
446 shares
Sell transactions
4
9.00K shares
Net transactions
+5
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
20.2 : 1
Heavily one-sided
Insider-held shares
397.01K
Total on file
Bought 446Sold 9.00K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Sep 1, 26
SNOW LESTER A
Director
SELL 500 $25.11K Direct
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
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
MORTENSEN MICHELLE R
Officer
STOCK 900 $0 Direct
Mar 6, 26
DEAN SHANNON C
Officer
STOCK 900 $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.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
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 17.82K Sale
WAGNER PATRICIA K
Director 15.21K Stock Award(Grant)
WEBB RONALD D
Officer 28.49K Stock Award(Grant)

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$2.82B
Enterprise value$4.45B
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 float5.46%
Dividend yield2.94%
Beta (5Y)0.48

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E20.43
Forward P/E16.56
PEG ratio2.22
Price / sales—
Price / book1.56
EV / revenue4.22
EV / EBITDA12.33
Gross margin53.29%
Operating margin28.21%
Profit margin12.63%
Return on equity7.68%
Return on assets2.40%
Debt / equity92.68
Current ratio0.70
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $1.00B$1.04B$794.63M$846.43M -3.5%
Operating revenue $1.00B$1.04B$794.63M$846.43M -3.5%
Cost of revenue $356.68M$343.87M$318.77M$316.08M +3.7%
Gross profit $643.46M$692.93M$475.86M$530.35M -7.1%
Selling, general & admin $141.62M$139.55M$142.26M$132.76M +1.5%
Total operating expense $460.36M$430.45M$412.23M$398.58M +6.9%
Operating income $183.09M$262.48M$63.63M$131.78M -30.2%
Net interest income -$64.47M-$56.29M-$49.52M-$44.16M -14.5%
Pre-tax income $146.95M$232.57M$44.59M$101.64M -36.8%
Tax provision $19.11M$42.49M-$6.78M$6.38M -55.0%
Net income $128.21M$190.81M$51.91M$96.01M -32.8%
Net income to common $128.21M$190.81M$51.91M$96.01M -32.8%
Basic EPS 2.153.260.911.77 -34.0%
Diluted EPS 2.153.250.911.77 -33.8%
EBIT $213.65M$290.12M$94.41M$145.98M -26.4%
EBITDA $360.17M$424.26M$217.54M$263.34M -15.1%
Basic shares 59.57M58.61M56.95M54.32M +1.6%
Diluted shares 59.63M58.65M56.98M54.36M +1.7%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
1.00
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
40.00
-12.2% from spot
ATM implied vol
12.5%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+12.5%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
1
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
1
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
50.00
0 contracts
Heaviest put OI
40.00
0 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.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.630.93 +47.6%
Mar 2026 0.240.07 -70.2%
Dec 2025 0.330.19 -42.4%
Sep 2025 0.941.03 +10.0%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
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 +9.2%
Next year 2.75 3 $1.17B +6.8%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$53.75
High target$57.00
Low target$49.00
Implied upside18.00%
Analyst count4
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy0 / 3
Hold1
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders0.64%
Held by institutions98.55%
Institutions holding483
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
45.84
-0.63% from price
SMA 20
46.94
-2.96% from price
SMA 50
48.89
-6.84% from price
SMA 100
47.96
-5.02% from price
SMA 200
46.36
-1.75% from price
EMA 12
46.24
-1.48% from price
EMA 26
47.24
-3.58% from price
EMA 50
47.95
-5.01% from price
RSI (14)
34.5
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-1.01
Hist -0.05
ATR (14)
0.93
2.05% of price
Realised vol 30D
15.3%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
49.38
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
44.50
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
48.89 vs 46.36
Trend bias
Below 200
-1.75%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 45.55
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
000.000.000.000.00000.0%
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
-0.24
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
-0.13
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
15.3%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-15.3%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-41.7%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.93
2.05% of price
Beta (reported)
0.48
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
2.42M
Prior 1.43M
Change vs prior
+69.4%
Shorts adding
% of float
5.46%
Normal
% of shares out
3.91%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
4.7
Liquid
Float
61.34M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

44 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Sep 23, 26 Freedom Broker INITIATED — Hold
Aug 1, 25 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
May 2, 25 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Apr 11, 25 Seaport Global UPGRADE Neutral Buy
Jan 7, 25 Wells Fargo UPGRADE Equal-Weight Overweight
Jul 31, 24 Wells Fargo UPGRADE Underweight Equal-Weight
Apr 26, 24 Baird MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Apr 4, 24 UBS UPGRADE Sell Neutral
Mar 1, 24 Baird MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Jul 28, 23 Janney Montgomery Scott UPGRADE Neutral Buy
Jun 28, 23 Wells Fargo UPGRADE Underweight Equal-Weight
Jun 14, 23 UBS DOWNGRADE Neutral Sell

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$1.34 / yr
Forward yield2.94%
5-year avg yield2.05%
Payout ratio56.95%
Ex-dividend dateAug 10, 2026
Next pay dateAug 21, 2026
Last split2:1
Split dateJun 13, 2011

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