California Water Service Group Financial Ratios
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California Water Service Group ratio analysis
California Water Service Group earned a net margin of 13.3% in FY 2025, down from 21.1% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 7.6%, meaning California Water Service Group generated 0.08 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 0.95 versus 0.84 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.85.
At the end of FY 2025, CWT traded at 20.0 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 13.8 to 57.0, with a median of 33.6. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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California Water Service Group financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 19.98 | 13.78 | 57.00 | 34.26 | 36.66 | 27.43 | 38.93 | 33.72 | 29.84 | 33.56 |
| Price / sales | 2.65 | 2.90 | 3.74 | 4.26 | 4.85 | 3.82 | 3.70 | 3.27 | 3.50 | 2.76 |
| Price / book | 1.51 | 1.60 | 2.07 | 2.49 | 3.17 | 2.89 | 3.15 | 3.02 | 3.11 | 2.47 |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 24.9% | 9.8% | 16.5% | 16.6% | 19.6% | 15.0% | 16.4% | 17.2% | 14.0% |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 21.1% | 6.6% | 12.4% | 13.2% | 13.9% | 9.5% | 9.7% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 31.4% | 32.1% | 27.6% | 31.6% | 30.3% | 16.9% | 25.4% | 26.5% | 23.8% | 27.2% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 7.6% | 11.6% | 3.6% | 7.3% | 8.6% | 10.5% | 8.1% | 9.0% | 10.4% | 7.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.3% | 3.7% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.95 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.21 | 1.15 | 0.99 |
| Current ratio | 0.85 | 0.60 | 0.69 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.57 |
| Revenue growth | 6.4% | 14.6% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 9.8% | 5.0% | -1.5% | 8.4% | 5.6% | — |
| EPS growth | -33.8% | 257.1% | -48.6% | -9.7% | -0.5% | 50.4% | -3.7% | -10.5% | 50.5% | 7.4% |