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$51.88
+$0.54 (+1.05%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
17.68% operating margin is respectable but not wide. ROIC at 4.77%. Suggests the business covers its cost of capital, but doesn't point to a wide moat.
Revenue grew 6.4%, steady but not accelerating. Margins contracted 7.2pp, which offsets some of the top-line progress.
At 26x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Operating margin contracted 7.2pp YoY, cost discipline may be slipping.
25.9x earnings. Not cheap, the quality is already reflected in the price. Upside from here requires either margin expansion or growth re-acceleration, not just continuation.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$978M
▲ +6.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$119M
▼ -32.8% YoY
Op. Margin
16.99%
▼ -7.2pp YoY
ROIC
4.52%
▼ -1.6pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF
N/A
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$314M
▲ +4.0% YoY
Net Debt
$1.64B
Cash & Equiv.
$58M
5Y CAGR: +6.7%
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At a P/E of 25.9, California Water Service (CWT)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, California Water Service scores 27/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 2.4%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
California Water Service scores 27 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 17.0% operating margin and a 4.5% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, California Water Service pays a regular dividend of about $1.23 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 2.4% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 61.9% of earnings, so the dividend is well covered. California Water Service has grown the dividend at roughly 11.7% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For CWT's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh CWT's valuation and scores 27/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 2.4%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.