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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AWK American Water Works	$145.80 +1.1%	$142.60	$118.74 ▼ $155.50	$28.41B	0.68	1.22 million shs	621,297 shs
AWR American States Water	$80.38 +1.8%	$77.64	$69.37 ▼ $87.50	$3.09B	0.56	217,597 shs	54,559 shs
CWT California Water Service Group	$50.35 +1.6%	$47.85	$41.64 ▼ $56.25	$2.99B	0.56	331,259 shs	152,271 shs
SJW SJW Group	$56.42 +5.4%	$53.38	$44.91 ▼ $62.18	$1.92B	0.56	228,652 shs	127,050 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AWK American Water Works	+0.15%	-2.03%	-1.43%	+14.01%	+19.38%
AWR American States Water	+0.10%	-1.79%	+1.55%	+5.64%	+12.89%
CWT California Water Service Group	-0.53%	-2.33%	+2.69%	+9.48%	+3.40%
SJW SJW Group	-0.48%	-1.22%	-0.17%	+5.60%	+0.02%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AWK American Water Works	3.5697 of 5 stars	0.9	3.0	4.2	4.3	2.0	1.7	1.3
AWR American States Water	3.6754 of 5 stars	0.5	5.0	4.2	3.3	3.1	2.5	0.6
CWT California Water Service Group	4.5639 of 5 stars	1.7	3.0	4.2	4.0	3.8	1.7	2.5
SJW SJW Group	2.7467 of 5 stars	1.3	3.0	4.2	0.0	3.3	1.7	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AWK American Water Works	1.78	Reduce	$142.00	-2.61% Downside
AWR American States Water	1.00	Sell	$74.00	-7.94% Downside
CWT California Water Service Group	3.33	Buy	$54.50	8.24% Upside
SJW SJW Group	2.50	Moderate Buy	$57.50	1.91% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AWK, AWR, CWT, and SJW Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/29/2025	SJW SJW Group	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$57.00 ➝ $60.00
4/25/2025	AWK American Water Works	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
4/24/2025	AWK American Water Works	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral	$160.00
4/22/2025	AWK American Water Works	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$138.00
4/11/2025	CWT California Water Service Group	Seaport Res Ptn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
3/13/2025	AWK American Water Works	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$133.00 ➝ $142.00
2/28/2025	SJW SJW Group	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$53.00 ➝ $57.00
2/20/2025	AWK American Water Works	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$129.00 ➝ $133.00
2/3/2025	AWR American States Water	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underperform	$85.00 ➝ $71.00
2/3/2025	SJW SJW Group	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$59.00 ➝ $55.00

(Data available from 4/29/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AWK American Water Works	$4.68B	6.07	$10.37 per share	14.06	$53.01 per share	2.75
AWR American States Water	$595.46M	5.20	$4.65 per share	17.28	$24.56 per share	3.27
CWT California Water Service Group	$1.04B	2.89	$3.36 per share	14.98	$24.78 per share	2.03
SJW SJW Group	$748.44M	2.57	$6.51 per share	8.67	$38.62 per share	1.46

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AWK American Water Works	$1.05B	$5.39	27.03	23.78	2.80	22.44%	10.29%	3.31%	4/30/2025 (Estimated)
AWR American States Water	$119.27M	$3.17	25.33	22.77	12.92	20.03%	13.63%	4.89%	5/7/2025 (Estimated)
CWT California Water Service Group	$51.91M	$3.27	14.55	21.70	0.46	19.56%	13.24%	4.18%	5/1/2025 (Estimated)
SJW SJW Group	$84.99M	$2.85	20.40	19.13	3.94	12.47%	7.16%	2.05%	N/A

Latest AWK, AWR, CWT, and SJW Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/7/2025	Q1 2025	AWR American States Water	$0.73	N/A	N/A	N/A	$142.00 million	N/A
5/1/2025	Q1 2025	CWT California Water Service Group	$0.17	N/A	N/A	N/A	$194.80 million	N/A
4/30/2025	Q1 2025	AWK American Water Works	$1.06	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.09 billion	N/A
2/27/2025	Q4 2024	CWT California Water Service Group	$0.38	$0.33	-$0.05	$0.33	$216.37 million	$222.20 million
2/19/2025	Q4 2024	AWK American Water Works	$1.13	$1.22	+$0.09	$1.22	$1.11 billion	$1.20 billion
2/19/2025	Q4 2024	AWR American States Water	$0.64	$0.69	+$0.05	$0.75	$160.17 million	$143.10 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AWK American Water Works	$3.06	2.10%	+8.40%	56.77%	17 Years
AWR American States Water	$1.86	2.31%	+8.56%	58.68%	71 Years
CWT California Water Service Group	$1.20	2.38%	+6.78%	36.70%	59 Years
SJW SJW Group	$1.68	2.98%	+5.90%	58.95%	57 Years

Latest AWK, AWR, CWT, and SJW Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/6/2025	AWR American States Water	quarterly	$0.4655	2.56%	2/18/2025	2/18/2025	3/13/2025
1/29/2025	SJW SJW Group	quarterly	$0.42	3.37%	2/10/2025	2/10/2025	3/3/2025
1/29/2025	CWT California Water Service Group	quarterly	$0.30	2.5%	2/10/2025	2/10/2025	2/21/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AWK American Water Works	1.21	0.39	0.35
AWR American States Water	0.88	0.82	0.76
CWT California Water Service Group	0.64	0.64	0.60
SJW SJW Group	1.25	0.77	0.77

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AWK American Water Works	86.58%
AWR American States Water	75.24%
CWT California Water Service Group	82.78%
SJW SJW Group	84.29%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AWK American Water Works	0.11%
AWR American States Water	0.83%
CWT California Water Service Group	0.73%
SJW SJW Group	0.38%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AWK American Water Works	6,500	195.01 million	194.79 million	Optionable
AWR American States Water	810	38.51 million	37.15 million	Optionable
CWT California Water Service Group	1,180	59.49 million	59.04 million	Optionable
SJW SJW Group	760	34.15 million	32.59 million	Optionable

AWK, AWR, CWT, and SJW Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

SJW GROUP Earnings Preview: Recent $SJW Insider Trading, Hedge Fund Activity, and More

April 29 at 12:29 AM | nasdaq.com

SJW (SJW) Surpasses Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

April 28 at 7:25 PM | zacks.com

SJW GROUP Earnings Results: $SJW Reports Quarterly Earnings

April 28 at 6:58 PM | quiverquant.com

SJW Group Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

April 28 at 5:10 PM | globenewswire.com

SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) Shares Sold by Jump Financial LLC

April 28 at 4:10 AM | marketbeat.com

SJW Q1 2025 Earnings Preview

April 26 at 9:28 AM | seekingalpha.com

Dark Forest Capital Management LP Acquires Shares of 23,548 SJW Group (NYSE:SJW)

April 26 at 5:53 AM | marketbeat.com

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Boosts Stake in SJW Group (NYSE:SJW)

April 26 at 4:47 AM | marketbeat.com

SJW Group (SJW) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Monday

April 26 at 1:09 AM | americanbankingnews.com

A Look Ahead: SJW Gr's Earnings Forecast

April 25, 2025 | benzinga.com

First Trust Advisors LP Raises Stake in SJW Group (NYSE:SJW)

April 25, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Renaissance Technologies LLC Has $3.49 Million Stock Position in SJW Group (NYSE:SJW)

April 25, 2025 | marketbeat.com

3 Utility Stocks Set to Deliver 20%+ Returns in 2025

April 24, 2025 | 247wallst.com

Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. Invests $2.43 Million in SJW Group (NYSE:SJW)

April 24, 2025 | marketbeat.com

SJW Group appoints Kay New as CHRO

April 21, 2025 | markets.businessinsider.com

SJW (SJW) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: Should You Buy?

April 21, 2025 | zacks.com

SJW Group Appoints Kay R. New as Chief Human Resources Officer

April 21, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Bank of Montreal Can Sells 6,568 Shares of SJW Group (NYSE:SJW)

April 21, 2025 | marketbeat.com

SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) Shares Bought by Invesco Ltd.

April 20, 2025 | marketbeat.com

SJW Group (SJW) Expected to Announce Earnings on Thursday

April 19, 2025 | marketbeat.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Has $7.56 Million Stock Holdings in SJW Group (NYSE:SJW)

April 19, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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AWK, AWR, CWT, and SJW Company Descriptions

American Water Works NYSE:AWK

$145.82 +1.55 (+1.07%)

As of 02:44 PM Eastern

American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states serving approximately 3.5 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems. It also provides water and wastewater services on military installations; and undertakes contracts with municipal customers, primarily to operate and manage water and wastewater facilities, as well as offers other related services. In addition, the company operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 540 groundwater treatment plants; 175 wastewater treatment plants; 53,700 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection mains and pipes; 1,200 groundwater wells; 1,700 water and wastewater pumping stations; 1,100 treated water storage facilities; and 74 dams. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

American States Water NYSE:AWR

$80.34 +1.37 (+1.73%)

As of 02:43 PM Eastern

American States Water Company, through its subsidiaries, provides water and electric services to residential, commercial, industrial, and other customers in the United States. It operates through three segments: Water, Electric, and Contracted Services. The company purchases, produces, distributes, and sells water, as well as distributes electricity. As of December 31, 2022, American States Water Company provided water service to 263,265 customers located throughout 10 counties in the State of California; and distributed electricity to 24,705 customers in San Bernardino County mountain communities in California. The company also provides water and/or wastewater services, including the operation, maintenance, and construction of facilities at the water and/or wastewater systems at various military installations. American States Water Company was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in San Dimas, California.

California Water Service Group NYSE:CWT

$50.38 +0.83 (+1.68%)

As of 02:43 PM Eastern

California Water Service Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Texas. The company is involved in the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution, and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, as well as for fire protection services. It offers its services to approximately 497,700 customer connections in 100 California communities; approximately 6,500 water and wastewater customer connections on the islands of Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii; approximately 38,000 customer connections in the Tacoma, Olympia, Graham, Spanaway, Puyallup, Rainier, Yelm, and Gig Harbor areas; and approximately 11,400 water and wastewater customer connections in Rio Communities, Rio Del Oro, Meadow Lake, Indian Hills, Squaw Valley, Elephant Butte, Morningstar, Sandia Knolls, Juan Tomas, and Cypress Gardens systems. The company also engages in the provision of non-regulated water-related services, including operating of municipally owned water systems, privately owned water, and recycled water distribution systems; water system operation, meter reading, and billing services to private companies and municipalities; leasing of communication antenna sites on its properties; and billing of optional third-party insurance programs to its residential customers. In addition, it provides lab, wastewater collection, and treatment services. California Water Service Group was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

SJW Group NYSE:SJW

$56.42 +2.92 (+5.45%)

As of 02:44 PM Eastern

SJW Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in the United States. It operates in Water Utility Services and Real Estate Services segments. The company engages in the production, purchase, storage, purification, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of water and wastewater services; and supplies groundwater from wells, surface water from watershed run-off and diversion, reclaimed water, and imported water purchased from the Santa Clara Valley Water District. It also offers non-tariffed services, including water system operations, maintenance agreements, and antenna site leases; contracted services, sewer operations, and other water related services to water utilities; and a Linebacker protection plan for public drinking water customers in Connecticut and Maine. In addition, the company provides water service to approximately 232,400 connections that serve approximately one million people residing in portions of the cities of San Jose and Cupertino and in the cities of Campbell, Monte Sereno, Saratoga, and the Town of Los Gatos; adjacent unincorporated territories in the County of Santa Clara in the State of California; water service to approximately 141,000 service connections, which serve approximately 461,000 people in 81 municipalities with a service area of approximately 272 square miles in Connecticut and Maine and approximately 3,000 wastewater connections in Southbury, Connecticut; approximately 28,000 service connections that serve approximately 83,000 people in a service area comprising approximately 271 square miles in the region between San Antonio and Austin, Texas; and approximately 950 wastewater connections. Further, it owns undeveloped land in California and Tennessee; commercial and warehouse properties in Tennessee; and commercial properties and parcels of land in Connecticut. The company was formerly known as SJW Corp. and changed its name to SJW Group in November 2016. SJW Group was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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