California Water Service Group cash flow to debt ratio of 18.71% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.

California Water Service Group's free cash flow has decreased 19.17% from $-179.93M last year to $-214.43M, signaling decreasing performance

California Water Service Group's debt to equity ratio is 0.93, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk.

California Water Service Group's debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from 0.85 last year to 0.93 today, signaling weakened financials

California Water Service Group has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 4.34x, which exceeds the 3.00x threshold, indicating high leverage and potential financial risk

California Water Service Group's interest coverage ratio of 2.80 indicates that earnings with margin can cover interest payments on company debt

California Water Service Group's profit margin has decreased (31.35%) in the last year from 18.40% to 12.63%, signaling decreasing performance

California Water Service Group's short-term liabilities of $418.16M exceed its short-term assets of $354.43M, signaling financial risk

California Water Service Group's return on assets of 2.24% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

California Water Service Group's return on equity of 7.62%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance

California Water Service Group's operating cash flow exceeds its net income, indicating high-quality earnings backed by actual cash generation

California Water Service Group had positive net income in 5 out of 5 years, indicating stable and consistent earnings

California Water Service Group has negative free cash flow, indicating the company is burning cash rather than generating it

California Water Service Group has negative free cash flow, indicating cash burn

California Water Service Group's yearly earnings has decreased 32.81% since last year from $190.81M to $128.21M, signaling decreasing performance

California Water Service Group's yearly revenue has decreased 3.54% since last year from $1.04B to $1.00B, signaling decreasing performance

ROIC 3.12% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

California Water Service Group's 3-year revenue CAGR of 5.72% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years

California Water Service Group had revenue growth in only 2 out of 5 years, indicating inconsistent revenue performance

California Water Service Group had positive ROE in 5 out of 5 years, indicating consistent and reliable returns on equity

California Water Service Group has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

California Water Service Group has an earnings yield of 4.46%, which is above the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock offers reasonable value relative to its earnings

California Water Service Group is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 15.79 based on EBITDA multiple model

California Water Service Group has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 12.84x, which is below the 20.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its operating earnings

California Water Service Group is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 45.80 based on Earnings Fair Value model

California Water Service Group has a PEG-ratio over 1 which is considered overvalued

California Water Service Group has a price-to-book ratio of 1.65x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value

California Water Service Group has a price-to-sales ratio of 2.83x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue