Growth Metrics

Global Water Resources (GWRS) Net Margin (2015 - 2026)

Global Water Resources posted quarterly Net Margin of 2.75% for Q1 2026, down 750.0% year-on-year from 0.42% in Q1 2025, and up 61.26% on a QoQ basis from 7.11% in Q4 2025.

Global Water Resources (GWRS) has 12 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 2.75% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin fell 750.0% year-over-year to 2.75%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.53% (down 709.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 5.3%, down 568.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 2.75%, up from 7.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 20.42% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 7.11% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 11.06% (2025), against an average of 9.89%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Net Margin surged 1121 bps; it then tumbled 1257 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 7.38% in 2022, then increased by 25 bps to 9.24% in 2023, then slumped by 64 bps to 3.34% in 2024, then plunged by 313 bps to 7.11% in 2025, then jumped by 61 bps to 2.75% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 2.75% (Q1 2026), 7.11% (Q4 2025), and 11.06% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.41 Bn 24.28 Bn 714.00 Mn 16.24%
2 Aris Mining 20.22 Bn 19.75 Bn 233.28 Mn 33.21%
3 Essential Utilities 10.60 Bn 10.53 Bn 685.96 Mn 26.04%
4 American States Water 2.95 Bn 2.94 Bn 104.19 Mn 26.11%
5 California Water Service 2.62 Bn 2.52 Bn 183.34 Mn -1.33%
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn 10.37%
7 Middlesex Water 966.38 Mn 964.34 Mn 25.70 Mn 21.73%
8 Consolidated Water 470.56 Mn 349.42 Mn 10.92 Mn -0.14%
9 York Water 431.27 Mn 431.27 Mn 13.98 Mn 24.10%
10 Global Water Resources 207.64 Mn 205.84 Mn 9.10 Mn -2.75%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.75%
Dec 31, 2025 -7.11%
Sep 30, 2025 11.06%
Jun 30, 2025 11.32%
Mar 31, 2025 4.74%
Dec 31, 2024 3.34%
Sep 30, 2024 20.42%
Jun 30, 2024 12.81%
Mar 31, 2024 5.95%
Dec 31, 2023 9.24%
Sep 30, 2023 18.13%
Jun 30, 2023 13.61%
Mar 31, 2023 18.52%
Dec 31, 2022 7.38%
Sep 30, 2022 14.18%
Jun 30, 2022 18.37%
Mar 31, 2022 8.86%
Dec 31, 2021 3.36%
Sep 30, 2021 12.95%
Jun 30, 2021 18.11%
Mar 31, 2021 -2.34%
Dec 31, 2020 -1.03%
Sep 30, 2020 10.51%
Jun 30, 2020 -1.03%
Mar 31, 2020 9.23%
Dec 31, 2019 -6.21%
Sep 30, 2019 36.97%
Jun 30, 2019 16.82%
Mar 31, 2019 16.72%
Dec 31, 2018 -1.28%
Sep 30, 2018 15.21%
Jun 30, 2018 20.82%
Mar 31, 2018 10.27%
Dec 31, 2017 22.77%
Sep 30, 2017 14.57%
Jun 30, 2017 5.22%
Mar 31, 2017 2.78%
Dec 31, 2016 0.67%
Sep 30, 2016 15.71%
Jun 30, 2016 -46.54%
Mar 31, 2016 -4.61%
Dec 31, 2015 -0.42%
Sep 30, 2015 269.00%
Jun 30, 2015 4.44%
Mar 31, 2015 -12.00%