NYSE
CWT
Last Price
US $48.65
KEY FIGURES
MKT CAP
$2.9B
EPS
TTM
$1.99
PEG
TTM
N/M
P/E
TTM
24.57x
P/S
TTM
2.94x
YIELD
2.59%
GROWTH
Revenue Y/Y
Profit margin
Current Ratio
Capital Returns
6.96%
Return on equity
ROIC: 2.91%
Valuation History
24.6X
Price to Earnings
EV/EBITDA: 13.8X
Cash flow
Profit margin
4.72%
(FY vs FY)
EBITDA Y/Y
7.31%
(FY vs FY)
Cash flow Y/Y
-3.36%
(FY vs FY)
Cash Flow (DCF)
Fair Value
Market $48.65
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Default assumptions
EBITDA Multiple
Fair Value
Market $48.65
-67.54%
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Valuation
Financial
Performance
Financial risk - Cash flow debt coverage.
California Water Service Group cash flow to debt ratio of 18.71% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.
Financial risk - Healthy cash flow growth.
California Water Service Group's free cash flow has decreased 19.17% from $-179.93M last year to $-214.43M, signaling decreasing performance
Financial risk - Healthy debt to equity ratio.
California Water Service Group's debt to equity ratio is 0.95, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk. READ MORE: A ratio over 0.60 means the company finances its assets with debt, signaling financial risk. If ratio is negative, the company spent its own equity and risks bankruptcy
Financial risk - Healthy debt to equity ratio development.
California Water Service Group's debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from 0.85 last year to 0.95 today, signaling weakened financials
Financial risk - Net debt/EBITDA.
California Water Service Group has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 4.37x, which exceeds the 3.00x threshold, indicating high leverage and potential financial risk
Financial stability - ICR.
California Water Service Group's interest coverage ratio of 2.28 indicates that earnings with margin can cover interest payments on company debt
Financial risk - Profit margin growth.
California Water Service Group's profit margin has decreased (-36.07%) in the last year from 18.40% to 11.77%, signaling decreasing performance
Financial risk - Short term assets vs short term liabilities.
California Water Service Group's short-term liabilities of $418.16M exceed its short-term assets of $354.43M, signaling financial risk
Decreasing performance - ROA.
California Water Service Group's return on assets of 2.06% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization
Decreasing performance - Absolute return on equity.
California Water Service Group's return on equity of 6.96%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance
Increasing performance - Earnings quality.
California Water Service Group's operating cash flow exceeds its net income, indicating high-quality earnings backed by actual cash generation
Increasing performance - Earnings stability.
California Water Service Group had positive net income in 5.00 out of 5 years, indicating stable and consistent earnings
Decreasing performance - Free cash flow.
California Water Service Group has negative free cash flow, indicating the company is burning cash rather than generating it
Decreasing performance - FCF yield.
California Water Service Group has negative free cash flow, indicating cash burn
Decreasing performance - Healthy earnings growth.
California Water Service Group's yearly earnings has decreased -32.81% since last year from $190.81M to $128.21M, signaling decreasing performance
Decreasing performance - Healthy revenue growth.
California Water Service Group's yearly revenue has decreased -3.54% since last year from $1.04G to $1.00G, signaling decreasing performance
Decreasing performance - ROIC.
ROIC 2.91% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.
Increasing performance - 3-year revenue CAGR.
California Water Service Group's 3-year revenue CAGR of 5.72% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years
Decreasing performance - Revenue consistency.
California Water Service Group had revenue growth in only 2.00 out of 5 years, indicating inconsistent revenue performance
Increasing performance - ROE consistency.
California Water Service Group had positive ROE in 5.00 out of 5 years, indicating consistent and reliable returns on equity
Overvalued - DCF valuation.
California Water Service Group has insufficient data to evaluate this check.
Undervalued - Earnings yield.
California Water Service Group has an earnings yield of 4.06%, which is above the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock offers reasonable value relative to its earnings
Overvalued - EBITDA valuation.
California Water Service Group is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 15.79 based on EBITDA multiple model
Undervalued - EV/EBITDA.
California Water Service Group has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 13.75x, which is below the 20.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its operating earnings
Overvalued - PEG ratio value.
California Water Service Group has negative trailing-twelve-month earnings; this ratio is not meaningful and the check fails
Undervalued - P/B ratio.
California Water Service Group has a price-to-book ratio of 1.64x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value
Undervalued - P/S ratio.
California Water Service Group has a price-to-sales ratio of 2.91x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue