ScoreComparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Why is California Water Service Group ?
1
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 16.69% of over the last 5 years
2
Flat results in Jun 25
- NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 55.5 MM has Grown at -49.76%
- DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 87.04 %
- INTEREST(Q) Highest at USD 16.54 MM
3
With ROCE of 6.36%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 1.36 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -11.43%, its profits have fallen by -6.8%
4
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
- Along with generating -11.43% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
Real-Time Research ReportHow much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to California Water Service Group should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Other Utilities should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Other Utilities)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is California Water Service Group for you?
Low Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
California Water Service Group
-6.34%
-0.33
23.58%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.70
20.15%
Quality
Management Risk
Growth
Capital StructureQuality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
5.09%
EBIT Growth (5y)
5.72%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
3.15
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
4.35
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.84
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.32
Tax Ratio
17.51%
Dividend Payout Ratio
34.42%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
91.25%
ROCE (avg)
6.21%
ROE (avg)
8.96%
ValuationValuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
20
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.58
EV to EBIT
21.30
EV to EBITDA
12.19
EV to Capital Employed
1.32
EV to Sales
4.08
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
2.73%
ROCE (Latest)
6.19%
ROE (Latest)
7.99%
TechnicalsTechnical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned 
Financial Trend8What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)
Highest at USD 322.74 MM
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 4.44
NET SALES(Q)
Highest at USD 311.24 MM
OPERATING PROFIT(Q)
Highest at USD 117.91 MM
NET PROFIT(Q)
Highest at USD 61.23 MM
-4What is not working for the Company
NET PROFIT(9M)
At USD 116.73 MM has Grown at -31.8%
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 31.42 times
Here's what is working for California Water Service Group
Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 322.74 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three yearsMOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations
Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 4.44 and Grown
In each year in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Net Sales
Highest at USD 311.24 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive
Net Sales (USD MM)
Operating Profit
Highest at USD 117.91 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive
Operating Profit (USD MM)
Net Profit
Highest at USD 61.23 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive
Net Profit (USD MM)
Depreciation
Highest at USD 36.66 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation
Depreciation (USD MM)
Here's what is not working for California Water Service Group
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 31.42 times and Fallen
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed
Inventory Turnover Ratio
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