How California Water Service Group stacks up

CWT · against 93 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Valuation

34/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #57 of 94 · scores higher than 38% of peers

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

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

Why valuation scores 34?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Mainly because of its free cash flow yield and EBITDA yield, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.

Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -7.8% vs peer median 0.0%
less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 61% of peers. EBITDA yield: 7.0% vs peer median 8.6%
Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 4.4% vs peer median 4.8%

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
Earnings yieldHigher is better · 91 reported	4.5%	4.5%	49%	30%
EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 93 reported	7.7%	7.7%	51%	50%
Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 87 reported	-7.8%	-4.6%	28%	20%
Book yieldHigher is better · 88 reported	59.5%	51.9%	67%	Context only

Ranking by valuation score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around CWT

Rank	Company	Market cap	Valuation	Overall
1	Entergy Texas, Inc.ETI-P · US-listed	Unavailable	97	69
2	Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad AnónimaEDN · US-listed	710M USD	96	72
2	Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.HE · US-listed	1.5B USD	96	67
4	Korea Electric Power CorporationKEP · US-listed	13.6B USD	93	57
5	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	92	93
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55	Chesapeake Utilities CorporationCPK · US-listed	3.5B USD	35	53
55	Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.CWCO · US-listed	439M USD	35	63
57	American Electric Power Company, Inc.AEP · US-listed	70.7B USD	34	40
57	Consumers Energy CompanyCMS-PB · US-listed	Unavailable	34	38
57	California Water Service GroupCWT · US-listed	3.0B USD	34	44
60	Atmos Energy CorporationATO · US-listed	29.4B USD	33	57
61	Constellation Energy CorporationCEG · US-listed	93.3B USD	32	50
61	Xcel Energy Inc.XEL · US-listed	49.2B USD	32	38
63	Centuri Holdings, Inc.CTRI · US-listed	2.2B USD	31	48

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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