Growth Metrics

California Water Service (CWT) Net Margin (2016 - 2025)

California Water Service has reported Net Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 7.36% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Net Margin at 7.36% for Q4 2025, down 3215.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 9.98% (down 914.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 9.58%, down 595.0%.
  • Net Margin for Q4 2025 was 7.36% at California Water Service, down from 21.27% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Net Margin for CWT hit a ceiling of 25.38% in Q3 2021 and a floor of 20.17% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Net Margin over the past 5 years was 9.25% (2023), compared with a mean of 8.9%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Margin: skyrocketed 4198bps in 2024 and later crashed -3215bps in 2025.
  • California Water Service's Net Margin stood at 3.09% in 2021, then surged by 35bps to 4.18% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 76bps to 7.36% in 2023, then soared by 237bps to 24.79% in 2024, then crashed by -130bps to 7.36% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Net Margin were 7.36% (Q4 2025), 21.27% (Q3 2025), and 12.3% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.