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CWT Financials California Water Service

14 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 6.7% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown slower than revenue (5.7% vs 6.7% per year).
  • Operating margin has contracted, at 17.7% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($1.6B) exceeds cash ($52M); net debt is $1.6B.
  • Total debt has grown in line with revenue (6.8% vs 6.7% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 2.4× in the latest year.
  • Total debt is 5.1× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 14 consecutive years, consuming 57.8% of earnings.
  • The dividend has grown 12.1% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
$0 $482M $964M 2008 2010 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 12% 25% 2008 2010 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $1 $1 2008 2010 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $802M $2B 2008 2010 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$520M -$109M $303M $0 2008 2010 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $964M $128M 0.0% 17.7% $1.6B $52M
2024 $906M $191M 0.0% 24.9% $1.4B $50M
2023 $790M $52M 0.0% 9.8% $1.2B $40M
2022 $773M $96M 0.0% 16.5% $1.1B $62M
2021 $766M $101M 0.0% 16.6% $1.1B $78M
2020 $698M $97M 0.0% 19.6% $1.2B $45M
2019 $664M $63M 0.0% 15.0% $984M $43M
2018 $675M $66M 0.0% 16.4% $880M $47M
2017 $622M $73M 0.0% 17.2% $807M $95M
2016 $590M 0.0% 14.0% $655M $26M
2011 $38M $488M $27M
2010 $38M $505M $42M
2009 $41M $399M $10M
2008 $40M $14M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced CWT against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 31.9 63.8 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 2.3 4.5 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 1.5 2.9 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is CWT growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, California Water Service's revenue has grown 6.7% per year, and net income grown 5.7% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does CWT have?

As of FY2025, California Water Service reported $1.6B of total debt against $52M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 2.4×.

What is CWT's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 17.7%, and net margin 13.3%.

What is CWT's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, California Water Service traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 22.3× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.