CWT PEER ANALYSIS

California Water Service Group — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CWTCalifornia Water Service Group

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Utilities - Regulated Water

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CWTIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CWT	AQN	SLR	BLX	ENJSA	AGL	Ind. Median
P/E	24.87	26.93	14.97●	—	24.61	—	23.65
P/B	1.65	0.93●	3.22	2.50	1.22	1.20	2.09
EV/EBITDA	13.81	12.09	13.02	14.98	4.15●	6.95	13.79
P/S	2.93	1.72	8.37	4.23	0.51	0.40●	4.30

Financial Health
Metric	CWT	AQN	SLR	BLX	ENJSA	AGL	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.69	1.05	0.59	1.24●	0.93	1.02	1.01
Debt/Equity	95.3%	143.6%	205.8%	310.0%	87.9%●	115.8%	98.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.85	7.31	4.94	7.98	1.49●	3.32	4.85

Profitability
Metric	CWT	AQN	SLR	BLX	ENJSA	AGL	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.8%	6.7%	55.9%●	-3.6%	2.1%	-0.7%	20.3%
ROE	7.0%	3.6%	22.9%●	-2.0%	5.6%	-2.0%	9.3%
ROA	2.2%	1.2%	7.1%●	-0.4%	2.2%	-0.7%	3.2%
EBITDA Margin	32.6%	36.0%	103.7%●	60.5%	19.1%	10.9%	48.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CWT	AQN	SLR	BLX	ENJSA	AGL	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.2%	6.5%	39.9%●	10.7%	-2.0%	-1.6%	5.7%
NI Growth	-11.4%	—	38.7%●	—	—	—	2.4%
Div. Yield	2.5%	3.3%	—	1.8%	3.3%	5.9%●	2.7%
Payout	61.9%	125.5%	—	-212.5%	80.8%	-319.8%	59.4%

Valuation
Metric	CWT	AWR	MSEX	WTRG	CWCO	YORW	Ind. Median
P/E	24.87	24.48	23.76	19.69●	26.95	20.90	23.65
P/B	1.65	3.06	2.08	1.59●	2.09	1.83	2.09
EV/EBITDA	13.81	16.17	15.24	14.32	13.77●	20.12	13.79
P/S	2.93●	4.80	5.24	4.30	3.63	274.26	4.30

Financial Health
Metric	CWT	AWR	MSEX	WTRG	CWCO	YORW	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.69	1.22	0.39	0.95	6.04●	0.72	1.01
Debt/Equity	95.3%	87.5%	85.4%	122.5%	1.2%●	98.0%	98.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.85	3.52	4.42	6.20	-4.96●	7.01	4.85

Profitability
Metric	CWT	AWR	MSEX	WTRG	CWCO	YORW	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.8%	19.7%	22.1%	21.8%	13.5%	1,312.4%●	20.3%
ROE	7.0%	13.2%●	9.3%	8.3%	7.9%	9.0%	9.3%
ROA	2.2%	5.1%	3.3%	2.9%	6.8%●	3.2%	3.2%
EBITDA Margin	32.6%	38.0%	48.4%	52.9%	19.4%	2,091.8%●	48.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CWT	AWR	MSEX	WTRG	CWCO	YORW	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.2%	11.7%	1.8%	13.1%●	0.3%	-97.9%	5.7%
NI Growth	-11.4%	8.6%●	1.8%	-9.2%	-34.8%	8.1%	2.4%
Div. Yield	2.5%	2.4%	2.5%	3.6%●	1.9%	2.9%	2.7%
Payout	61.9%	57.4%	58.2%	68.5%	48.8%	60.1%	59.4%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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