Cadiz (CDZI) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2025)

Cadiz (CDZI) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.15 for Q4 2025, up 11.15% sequentially from 0.17 in Q3 2025, and up 19.69% YoY from 0.13 in Q4 2024.

Analysis

Cadiz (CDZI) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Cadiz has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 5 years, with the latest figure at 0.15 in Q4 2025.

Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 19.69% year-over-year to 0.15 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.19 (up 15.24% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.19, up 15.24% from the prior year.
FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.15 in Q4 2025 per CDZI's latest filing, from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.15 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.73 in Q1 2022.
A 5-year average of 0.24 and a median of 0.21 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio surged 71.86% in 2023, then slumped 105.13% in 2024.
Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.19 in 2021, then decreased by 5.36% to 0.21 in 2022, then climbed by 17.68% to 0.17 in 2023, then declined by 13.17% to 0.19 in 2024, then rose by 19.69% to 0.15 in 2025.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.15, 0.17, and 0.21 for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Set

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Cover (Qtr)
1	American Water Works Company	27.52 Bn	27.33 Bn	874.00 Mn	-0.67
2	Essential Utilities	11.89 Bn	11.88 Bn	377.22 Mn	-1.40
3	American States Water	3.51 Bn	3.49 Bn	169.26 Mn	-
4	California Water Service	3.04 Bn	2.96 Bn	263.45 Mn	-0.24
5	H2O America	2.69 Bn	2.59 Bn	197.11 Mn	0.38
6	Middlesex Water	1.09 Bn	1.09 Bn	30.96 Mn	-0.41
7	York Water	543.22 Mn	542.66 Mn	17.56 Mn	6.25
8	Consolidated Water	463.93 Mn	331.30 Mn	10.96 Mn	0.26
9	Artesian Resources	373.97 Mn	364.17 Mn	29.37 Mn	-1.30
10	Cadiz	341.64 Mn	336.32 Mn	-24,000.00	-

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