California Water Service (CWT) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
California Water Service (CWT) reported Tax Rate of 29.34% for Q3 2026, up 5.34 percentage points from 24.00% a year earlier but down 1.78 percentage points from the prior quarter.
California Water Service (CWT) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, California Water Service's Tax Rate came in at 25.75%, up 5.41 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 19.11%, down 6.74 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of +5.99 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at 25.85% in FY2024, 7.87% in FY2022 (+2.87 pp) and 5.00% in FY2021 (-8.11 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of 11.46% in Q2 2022 and a high of 73.23% in Q2 2023.
- Year over year, Tax Rate gained in three of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.38 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was Q2 2023 (a gain of 61.77 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2024 (a drop of 43.24 percentage points).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nextera Energy | 181.60 Bn | 168.35 Bn | - | 13.16% |
| 2 | Southern | 104.77 Bn | 95.83 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 13.60% |
| 3 | Duke Energy | 99.63 Bn | 95.89 Bn | 5.66 Bn | 12.26% |
| 4 | National Grid | 82.14 Bn | 54.44 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | American Electric Power | 68.86 Bn | 66.65 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 9.48% |
| 6 | Dominion Energy | 60.31 Bn | 58.30 Bn | - | 16.49% |
| 7 | Entergy | 51.91 Bn | 38.35 Bn | - | 22.76% |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.13 Bn | 50.25 Bn | 2.89 Bn | 22.09% |
| 9 | Xcel Energy | 50.13 Bn | 43.61 Bn | - | 6.71% |
| 10 | California Water Service | 3.18 Bn | 2.98 Bn | - | 29.34% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 29.34% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 31.12% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 24.00% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 25.24% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 46.92% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 33.27% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 29.99% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 27.22% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 16.71% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 73.23% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.77% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.46% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.22% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.00% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 10.15% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 14.80% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 163.86% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 35.15% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 28.82% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 32.41% |
California Water Service Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CWT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "CWT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CWT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();