California Water Service Group - CWT Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for California Water Service Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CWT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CWT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for California Water Service Group's stock. Their CWT share price forecasts range from $63.00 to $67.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $65.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.7% from the stock's current price.
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California Water Service Group's stock was trading at $60.64 at the start of the year. Since then, CWT shares have increased by 3.3% and is now trading at $62.67.
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California Water Service Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 889,600 shares, an increase of 5.9% from the December 31st total of 840,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 233,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The utilities provider reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.41. The utilities provider earned $256.72 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $252 million. California Water Service Group had a net margin of 9.76% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.61%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.94 EPS.

California Water Service Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, February 17th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 3rd. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.56%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 56 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 70.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CWT will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.45% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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14 employees have rated California Water Service Group Chief Executive Officer Martin Kropelnicki on Glassdoor.com. Martin Kropelnicki has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Martin Kropelnicki in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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California Water Service Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CWT."

California Water Service Group's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.36%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.28%), Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC (0.12%), First National Corp MA ADV (0.09%), Comerica Bank (0.08%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include David B Healey, Elissa Y Ouyang, Gerald A Simon, Lester A Snow, Lynne P Mcghee, Michael B Luu, Michelle R Mortensen, Robert J Kuta, Terry Bayer and Thomas M Krummel.
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One share of CWT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.67.

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) has a market capitalization of $3.44 billion and generates $818.82 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $101.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.48 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,182 workers across the globe.

California Water Service Group's mailing address is 1720 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA, 95112. The official website for the company is www.calwatergroup.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (408) 367-8200, via email at kgarcia@calwater.com, or via fax at 831-427-9185.