Growth Metrics

Pure Cycle (PCYO) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Pure Cycle (PCYO) reported Gross Margin of 53.86% for Q1 2026, up 1564.0% year-over-year from 3.24% in Q1 2025, and down 21.29% on a QoQ basis from 68.43% in Q4 2025.

Pure Cycle (PCYO) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 53.86% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 1564.0% year-over-year to 53.86% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 70.6% (down 428.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 61.45%, down 729.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin slipped to 53.86% in Q1 2026 per PCYO's latest filing, from 68.43% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 136.73% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 38.22% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 67.68% (2025), against an average of 71.11%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin jumped 6667 bps; it then tumbled 8435 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing PCYO's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 92.09% in 2022, then tumbled by 33 bps to 62.05% in 2023, then climbed by 3 bps to 63.75% in 2024, then climbed by 7 bps to 68.43% in 2025, then retreated by 21 bps to 53.86% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PCYO Gross Margin figures stand at 53.86% (Q1 2026), 68.43% (Q4 2025), and 67.68% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.41 Bn 24.28 Bn 714.00 Mn 59.15%
2 Aris Mining 20.22 Bn 19.75 Bn 233.28 Mn 62.63%
3 Essential Utilities 10.60 Bn 10.53 Bn 685.96 Mn 79.60%
4 American States Water 2.95 Bn 2.94 Bn 104.19 Mn 94.64%
5 California Water Service 2.62 Bn 2.52 Bn 183.34 Mn 85.44%
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn 93.45%
7 Middlesex Water 966.38 Mn 964.34 Mn 25.70 Mn 52.76%
8 Consolidated Water 470.56 Mn 349.42 Mn 10.92 Mn 36.42%
9 York Water 431.27 Mn 431.27 Mn 13.98 Mn 70.00%
10 Pure Cycle 241.98 Mn 237.17 Mn 2.78 Mn 53.86%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 53.86%
Nov 30, 2025 68.43%
Aug 31, 2025 67.68%
May 31, 2025 97.65%
Feb 28, 2025 38.22%
Nov 30, 2024 63.75%
Aug 31, 2024 77.82%
May 31, 2024 97.71%
Feb 29, 2024 55.58%
Nov 30, 2023 62.05%
Aug 31, 2023 52.38%
May 31, 2023 67.93%
Feb 28, 2023 52.98%
Nov 30, 2022 92.09%
Aug 31, 2022 136.73%
May 31, 2022 56.26%
Feb 28, 2022 67.69%
Nov 30, 2021 98.20%
Aug 31, 2021 70.05%
May 31, 2021 64.74%
Feb 28, 2021 73.35%
Nov 30, 2020 43.61%
Aug 31, 2020 38.45%
May 31, 2020 40.22%
Feb 29, 2020 30.43%
Nov 30, 2019 17.92%
Aug 31, 2019 30.36%
May 31, 2019 37.08%
Feb 28, 2019 14.23%
Nov 30, 2018 40.55%
Aug 31, 2018 23.23%
May 31, 2018 56.35%
Feb 28, 2018 74.67%
Nov 30, 2017 57.43%
Aug 31, 2017 51.06%
May 31, 2017 -24.63%
Feb 28, 2017 28.69%
Nov 30, 2016 27.14%
Aug 31, 2016 5.37%
May 31, 2016 -33.66%
Feb 29, 2016 -57.89%
Nov 30, 2015 -5.56%
Aug 31, 2015 -99.26%
May 31, 2015 -15.83%
Feb 28, 2015 58.33%
Nov 30, 2014 65.44%
Feb 28, 2014 516.62%
Nov 30, 2013 123.78%
Aug 31, 2013 255.28%
May 31, 2013 288.49%
Feb 28, 2013 71.15%
Nov 30, 2012 83.69%
Aug 31, 2012 47.62%
May 31, 2012 41.00%
Feb 29, 2012 43.90%
Nov 30, 2011 30.17%
Aug 31, 2011 45.92%
May 31, 2011 26.39%
Feb 28, 2011 40.60%
Nov 30, 2010 38.96%