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.

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 Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 26.66 Bn 26.47 Bn - -0.67
2 Essential Utilities 11.36 Bn 11.35 Bn - -1.40
3 American States Water 3.38 Bn 3.36 Bn 278.03 Mn -0.54
4 California Water Service 3.02 Bn 2.93 Bn 263.45 Mn -0.24
5 H2O America 2.60 Bn 2.49 Bn 197.11 Mn 0.38
6 Middlesex Water 1.09 Bn 1.09 Bn - -0.41
7 Consolidated Water 517.12 Mn 390.79 Mn 10.92 Mn 0.46
8 York Water 517.01 Mn 516.45 Mn - 6.25
9 Artesian Resources 362.21 Mn 357.96 Mn 26.56 Mn -0.72
10 Cadiz 288,587.84 -8.31 Mn 1.68 Mn -0.15

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -0.15
Sep 30, 2025 -0.17
Jun 30, 2025 -0.21
Mar 31, 2025 -0.26
Dec 31, 2024 -0.19
Sep 30, 2024 -0.24
Jun 30, 2024 -0.17
Mar 31, 2024 -0.42
Dec 31, 2023 -0.17
Sep 30, 2023 -0.21
Jun 30, 2023 -0.19
Mar 31, 2023 -0.21
Dec 31, 2022 -0.21
Sep 30, 2022 -0.20
Jun 30, 2022 -0.23
Mar 31, 2022 -0.73
Dec 31, 2021 -0.19