How California Water Service Group stacks up

CWT · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

36/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #63 of 93 · scores higher than 30% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

8 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including CWT · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 36?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Mainly because of its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.

a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.2% vs peer median 5.2%
a lower return on assets: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 2.2% vs peer median 2.7%
Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 18.5% vs peer median 18.6%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = CWT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	CWT	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported	4.2%	5.1%	26%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported	18.5%	21.3%	37%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported	2.2%	2.6%	36%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported	7.7%	9.3%	30%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported	53.3%	43.6%	77%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around CWT

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIGCIG · US-listed	5.1B USD	96	75
3	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	94	93
4	Enlight Renewable Energy LtdENLT · US-listed	9.1B USD	93	52
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
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59	Pinnacle West Capital CorporationPNW · US-listed	13.1B USD	41	46
60	MDU Resources Group, Inc.MDU · US-listed	4.1B USD	40	43
61	Xcel Energy Inc.XEL · US-listed	49.2B USD	39	38
62	Middlesex Water CompanyMSEX · US-listed	1.1B USD	38	42
63	California Water Service GroupCWT · US-listed	3.0B USD	36	44
63	H2O AmericaHTO · US-listed	2.5B USD	36	52
63	TXNM Energy, Inc.TXNM · US-listed	6.4B USD	36	45
66	Dominion Energy, Inc.D · US-listed	58.7B USD	35	39
66	DTE Energy CompanyDTE · US-listed	27.9B USD	35	41

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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