Cadiz (CDZI) Operating Margin (2010 - 2025)

Cadiz (CDZI) posted Operating Margin of 145.4% for Q4 2025, down 23.21% sequentially from 118.0% in Q3 2025, and down 592.0% YoY from 29.55% in Q4 2024.

Cadiz (CDZI) Operating Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Cadiz has reported Operating Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 145.4% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 592.0% year-over-year to 145.4% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 156.92% (up 8506.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 156.92%, up 8506.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin retreated to 145.4% in Q4 2025 per CDZI's latest filing, from 118.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 118.0% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 4494.33% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 1374.89% and a median of 828.51% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2024: Operating Margin slumped 243622 bps in 2021, then soared 275602 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 2683.8% in 2021, then soared by 68 bps to 860.98% in 2022, then increased by 8 bps to 796.05% in 2023, then jumped by 82 bps to 139.47% in 2024, then decreased by 4 bps to 145.4% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 145.4%, 118.0%, and 140.01% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 26.66 Bn 26.47 Bn - 40.00%
2 Essential Utilities 11.36 Bn 11.35 Bn - 36.41%
3 American States Water 3.38 Bn 3.36 Bn 278.03 Mn 14.81%
4 California Water Service 3.02 Bn 2.93 Bn 263.45 Mn 22.97%
5 H2O America 2.60 Bn 2.49 Bn 197.11 Mn 20.31%
6 Middlesex Water 1.09 Bn 1.09 Bn - 32.35%
7 Consolidated Water 517.12 Mn 390.79 Mn 10.92 Mn 11.48%
8 York Water 517.01 Mn 516.45 Mn - 41.71%
9 Artesian Resources 362.21 Mn 357.96 Mn 26.56 Mn 22.60%
10 Cadiz 288,587.84 -8.31 Mn 1.68 Mn -145.40%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -145.40%
Sep 30, 2025 -118.00%
Jun 30, 2025 -140.01%
Mar 31, 2025 -255.01%
Dec 31, 2024 -139.47%
Sep 30, 2024 -147.86%
Jun 30, 2024 -1,354.58%
Mar 31, 2024 -437.82%
Dec 31, 2023 -796.05%
Sep 30, 2023 -1,564.95%
Jun 30, 2023 -690.23%
Mar 31, 2023 -3,193.85%
Dec 31, 2022 -860.98%
Sep 30, 2022 -741.90%
Jun 30, 2022 -1,833.51%
Mar 31, 2022 -2,665.49%
Dec 31, 2021 -2,683.80%
Sep 30, 2021 -2,934.51%
Jun 30, 2021 -4,494.33%
Mar 31, 2021 -2,300.00%