Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for CWT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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California Water Service (CWT) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$46.04+0.10 (+0.2%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeCalifornia Water Service drew attention this week on a mix of operational and strategic news. The company reported Q2 2026 revenue of $308.6 million, a 16.5% increase year-over-year, with net income rising to $56.5 million, while Chairman and CEO Martin A. Kropelnicki joined the Alliance for Critical Infrastructure board. Separately, commentary reaffirmed an investment thesis centered on capital recovery, rate case outcomes, and PFAS cost recovery, alongside a technical note describing a mid-channel oscillation pattern in the stock's near-term trading.
CWT closed at $46.04, little changed on the day, sitting between its 50-day average of $48.46 and 200-day average of $46.41, reflecting a mixed trend. The GekkoIndex reads 62.8, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, though the index has slipped 4 points over the past five sessions. Price sits 9% below Gekko Fair Value of $50.62.
Earnings are due on 28 October 2026, 16 days away, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window and adding event risk. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 4.4% gain over the past 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Analyst coverage from 3 firms shows 2 buy and 1 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $53.75, representing 16.7% upside from current levels.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
California Water Service price vs fair value
Close $46.04200-day averageGekko Fair Value $50.62
California Water Service quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.85B
- P/E ratio
- 20.5
- Forward P/E
- 17.5
- EPS, TTM
- $2.23
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.05B
- Profit margin
- 12.6%
- Dividend yield
- 2.80%
- Beta
- 0.48
- Volume
- 312,636 avg 434,254
- 1-year return
- −1.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.1%
- 50-day average
- $48.46
- 200-day average
- $46.41
- Next earnings
- Oct 28
- Shares outstanding
- 61.84M
California Water Service swing-trade checklist
California Water Service scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $46.04 sits between the 50-day ($48.46) and 200-day ($46.41) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
62.8, Accumulation
Reading 62.8 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
9.0% below
Price is 9% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 16 days
Reports on Oct 28, 2026, 16 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+4.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4.4% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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California Water Service stock chart and price history
California Water Service closed at $46.04 on Oct 12, 2026, −1.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $41.29 to $53.82.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −4.5%
- 3 months
- −7.9%
- 6 months
- +2.1%
- 1 year
- −1.5%
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About California Water Service
California Water Service operates as a water utility through a group of subsidiaries, supplying water across California, Washington, New Mexico, Hawaii and Texas. Its work covers the full cycle of sourcing, storing, treating and testing water before it reaches households, businesses, farms and public agencies, supporting uses from everyday home use to irrigation and fire protection. The company is best known for this core utility role, serving hundreds of thousands of connections across numerous communities, including roughly 494,500 in California alone, alongside smaller customer bases in Hawaii, Washington and New Mexico.
Beyond regulated water delivery, the company earns income from a range of related activities. It operates water systems on behalf of municipalities and private owners, runs recycled water networks, and performs metering and billing work for outside organizations. It also leases land for communication antennas, handles billing for optional insurance programs offered to residential customers, provides laboratory testing, and manages wastewater collection and treatment.
California Water Service traces its founding to 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker CWT.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Water utilities
- Website
- calwatergroup.com
California Water Service GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
California Water Service’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 62.8, in the Accumulation zone, down 4 points over five sessions.
62.8Accumulation
Down 4 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 40 | −0.2% | +0.1% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 246 | +0.3% | +0.8% | ||
| Neutral | 375 | −0.1% | 0.0% | ||
| Distribution | 20 | −1.4% | −3.5% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average CWT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is California Water Service stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
California Water Service trades 9.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $50.62, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what California Water Service shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$50.62
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
9.0% Undervalued
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California Water Service insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for California Water Service, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in CWT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
California Water Service has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $128K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.00%
- Trailing four quarters
- $1.17M
From company filings.
California Water Service earnings: next date and track record
California Water Service reports on Oct 28, 2026 (16 days away).
Next earnings report
Oct 28, 2026
16 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.16
- Revenue estimate
- $332.2M
California Water Service stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for California Water Service is $53.75, +16.7% from the last close, from 3 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$53.75consensus 12-month target, +16.7% from the last close
Now $46.04Avg $53.75
Low $49High $56
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 3 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | Freedom Capital Markets | $49 | +6.4% |
| Aug 16 | Seaport Global | — | — |
| Jul 31 | Robert W. Baird | $56 | +21.6% |
+0.8%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+4.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
California Water Service seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, California Water Service averaged +4.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +2.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +4.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +5.7% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, CWT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.1%.
California Water Service market cap and key statistics
California Water Service’s market cap is $2.85B, with a P/E ratio of 20.5 and revenue of $1.05B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.85B
- P/E ratio
- 20.5
- Forward P/E
- 17.5
- EPS, TTM
- $2.23
- Gekko Fair Value
- $50.62
Trading
- Volume
- 312,636
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 434,254
- 52-week high
- $53.82
- 52-week low
- $41.29
- Shares outstanding
- 61.84M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.05B
- Profit margin
- 12.6%
- Return on equity
- 7.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +31.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.48
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.1%
- Dividend yield
- 2.80%
California Water Service stock news this week
Coverage of California Water Service this week reads positive: 2 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Trading Systems Reacting to (CWT) VolatilityStock Traders Daily, Oct 11
- California Water Service Group stock adds an ACI board roleAD HOC NEWS, Oct 7
- CWT: Capital Recovery Is The Story, Expansion Adds The Long Term UpsideSimply Wall Street, Oct 6
California Water Service peers
California Water Service’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| AWKAmerican Water Works | Accumulation | 5.9% below |
| WTRGEssential Utilities | Accumulation | 4.7% below |
| AWRAmerican States Water | Accumulation | 3.0% below |
| HTOH2O America | Buying | 8.6% below |
| MSEXMiddlesex Water | Accumulation | 7.8% below |
| YORWYork Water | Accumulation | 1.5% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
California Water Service stock FAQ
What is California Water Service’s market cap?
California Water Service’s market cap is $2.85B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $46.04, with 61.84M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 20.5.
What is the California Water Service stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for California Water Service is $53.75, +16.7% from the last close. Of the 3 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is California Water Service stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate California Water Service is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $46.04 is 9.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $50.62. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does California Water Service report earnings next?
California Water Service is expected to report on Oct 28, 2026 (16 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.16 per share on revenue of $332.2M.
What is California Water Service’s 52-week high and low?
California Water Service’s 52-week high is $53.82 and its 52-week low is $41.29; it closed at $46.04 on Oct 12, 2026, −1.5% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $72.08 on Dec 31, 2021.
Is California Water Service stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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