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California Water Service vs Essential Utilities (CWT vs WTRG)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year California Water Service (CWT) returned +9.7% and Essential Utilities (WTRG) +14.5%; so far this year the figures are +17.8% and +18.5%.
Essential Utilities is the larger company by market value, about 4.1 times the size of California Water Service.
On trailing earnings, CWT trades at 22.8 times and WTRG at 8.3 times.
Revenue grew +4.8% at CWT and +9.2% at WTRG over the last year.
CWT yields 2.56%. WTRG yields 3.06%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| CWT | WTRG | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $51.04 | $45.45 |
| 1-day | +0.41% | -1.30% |
| YTD | +17.79% | +18.48% |
| 1 year | +9.74% | +14.54% |
| 3 years | +2.92% | +35.07% |
| Market cap | $3.2B | $13.0B |
| P/E | 22.8 | 8.3 |
| P/S | 3.15 | 5.01 |
| P/B | 1.68 | 1.83 |
| Revenue growth | +4.80% | +9.20% |
| EPS growth | -1.80% | -2.70% |
| Gross margin % | — | — |
| Net margin % | 13.5 | 40.8 |
| ROE % | 7.2 | 14.9 |
| Debt / equity | 0.77 | 1.20 |
| FCF yield % | 9.7 | 15.9 |
| Dividend yield % | 2.56 | 3.06 |
| Beta | -0.28 | -0.44 |
| RSI (14) | 71.3 | 70.5 |
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