CWT Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

American Water Works has a net margin of 20.26% compared to California Water Service Group's net margin of 26.46%. California Water Service Group's return on equity of 13.43% beat American Water Works's return on equity of 9.79%.

California Water Service Group has a consensus price target of $57.00, signalling upside risk potential of 23.91%. On the other hand American Water Works has an analysts' consensus of $140.76 which suggests that it could grow by 11.79%. Given that California Water Service Group has higher upside potential than American Water Works, analysts believe California Water Service Group is more attractive than American Water Works.

California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.497, which suggesting that the stock is 50.323% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American Water Works has a beta of 0.696, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 30.352%.

California Water Service Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.44%. American Water Works offers a yield of 2.39% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.77 per share. California Water Service Group pays 113.73% of its earnings as a dividend. American Water Works pays out 56.36% of its earnings as a dividend. American Water Works's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but California Water Service Group's is not.

California Water Service Group quarterly revenues are $299.6M, which are smaller than American Water Works quarterly revenues of $1.3B. California Water Service Group's net income of $60.7M is lower than American Water Works's net income of $350M. Notably, California Water Service Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 13.26x while American Water Works's PE ratio is 24.98x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for California Water Service Group is 2.60x versus 5.45x for American Water Works. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

American States Water has a net margin of 20.26% compared to California Water Service Group's net margin of 22.15%. California Water Service Group's return on equity of 13.43% beat American States Water's return on equity of 13.7%.

California Water Service Group has a consensus price target of $57.00, signalling upside risk potential of 23.91%. On the other hand American States Water has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 9%. Given that California Water Service Group has higher upside potential than American States Water, analysts believe California Water Service Group is more attractive than American States Water.

California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.497, which suggesting that the stock is 50.323% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American States Water has a beta of 0.513, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 48.723%.

California Water Service Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.44%. American States Water offers a yield of 2.25% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share. California Water Service Group pays 113.73% of its earnings as a dividend. American States Water pays out 48.99% of its earnings as a dividend. American States Water's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but California Water Service Group's is not.

California Water Service Group quarterly revenues are $299.6M, which are larger than American States Water quarterly revenues of $161.8M. California Water Service Group's net income of $60.7M is higher than American States Water's net income of $35.8M. Notably, California Water Service Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 13.26x while American States Water's PE ratio is 26.86x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for California Water Service Group is 2.60x versus 5.14x for American States Water. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Cadiz has a net margin of 20.26% compared to California Water Service Group's net margin of -210.7%. California Water Service Group's return on equity of 13.43% beat Cadiz's return on equity of -84.84%.

California Water Service Group has a consensus price target of $57.00, signalling upside risk potential of 23.91%. On the other hand Cadiz has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 259.71%. Given that Cadiz has higher upside potential than California Water Service Group, analysts believe Cadiz is more attractive than California Water Service Group.

California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.497, which suggesting that the stock is 50.323% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Cadiz has a beta of 0.972, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 2.847%.

California Water Service Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.44%. Cadiz offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. California Water Service Group pays 113.73% of its earnings as a dividend. Cadiz pays out -16.24% of its earnings as a dividend.

California Water Service Group quarterly revenues are $299.6M, which are larger than Cadiz quarterly revenues of $3.2M. California Water Service Group's net income of $60.7M is higher than Cadiz's net income of -$6.8M. Notably, California Water Service Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 13.26x while Cadiz's PE ratio is --. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for California Water Service Group is 2.60x versus 50.70x for Cadiz. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Essential Utilities has a net margin of 20.26% compared to California Water Service Group's net margin of 15.95%. California Water Service Group's return on equity of 13.43% beat Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.03%.

California Water Service Group has a consensus price target of $57.00, signalling upside risk potential of 23.91%. On the other hand Essential Utilities has an analysts' consensus of $45.70 which suggests that it could grow by 25.69%. Given that Essential Utilities has higher upside potential than California Water Service Group, analysts believe Essential Utilities is more attractive than California Water Service Group.

California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.497, which suggesting that the stock is 50.323% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.850, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 15.003%.

California Water Service Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.44%. Essential Utilities offers a yield of 3.48% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share. California Water Service Group pays 113.73% of its earnings as a dividend. Essential Utilities pays out 63.59% of its earnings as a dividend. Essential Utilities's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but California Water Service Group's is not.

California Water Service Group quarterly revenues are $299.6M, which are smaller than Essential Utilities quarterly revenues of $435.3M. California Water Service Group's net income of $60.7M is lower than Essential Utilities's net income of $69.4M. Notably, California Water Service Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 13.26x while Essential Utilities's PE ratio is 18.18x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for California Water Service Group is 2.60x versus 5.08x for Essential Utilities. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.