The Alkaline Water Company Inc.
Corporate Overview Founded in 2012, The Alkaline Water Company (NASDAQ: WTER) is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. Its flagship product, Alkaline88 , is a leading premier alkaline water brand available in bulk and single-serve sizes along with eco-friendly aluminum packaging options.
$0.02
-$0.01 (-28.00%)
EOD Oct 21, 2026
The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-34.54% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue up 16.4% YoY with margins expanding 36.7pp.
ROIC dropped from -501.33% to -847.85%, capital efficiency is deteriorating. Negative free cash flow of -$12M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$62M
▲ +16.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-$23M
▲ +30.8% YoY
Op. Margin
-29.37%
▲ +36.7pp YoY
ROIC
-689.69%
▼ -346.5pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$9M
▲ +63.8% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-$8M
▲ +67.2% YoY
Net Debt
-$308K
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
$415K
5Y CAGR: +26.3%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 21 Sept 2023, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2023, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 7 Jun 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 21 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Mar. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is Alkaline Water Company (WTER) overvalued?
Alkaline Water Company (WTER)'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, Alkaline Water Company scores 40/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
Is Alkaline Water Company a high-quality business?+
Alkaline Water Company scores 40 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -29.4% operating margin and a -689.7% 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.
Is Alkaline Water Company a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh WTER's valuation and scores 40/100 on quality (mixed). 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.
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