California Water Service (CWT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)
California Water Service has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.03% for Q4 2025.
- Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.03% for Q4 2025, down 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.03% (down 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.03%, down 2.0%.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.03% at California Water Service, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CWT hit a ceiling of 0.06% in Q2 2021 and a floor of 0.02% in Q3 2023.
- Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.04%.
- Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 3bps in 2021 and later decreased -2bps in 2022.
- California Water Service's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.04% in 2021, then decreased by -9bps to 0.03% in 2022, then plummeted by -42bps to 0.02% in 2023, then soared by 149bps to 0.05% in 2024, then plummeted by -33bps to 0.03% in 2025.
- The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.03% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.04% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.