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California Water Service Group (CWT) Dividend

$48.04 NYSE: CWT Market Cap $2.97B

Metric	Value
Dividend Yield	2.92%
Indicated Annual Dividend	$1.40
Payout Ratio	60.24%
FCF Yield	-8.29%
Current Price	$48.04

Dividend Analysis

California Water Service Group (CWT) currently pays a dividend yielding 2.92%, an indicated annual rate of roughly $1.40 per share. The payout ratio is 60.24%, within the 40-75% range common among established dividend payers. Free cash flow yield is -8.29%: free cash flow was negative over the period, so dividends were not covered by free cash flow.

California Water Service Group pays quarterly; the payout ratio is 60.2% of earnings; free cash flow yield of -8.29% is below the 2.92% dividend yield, so the dividend is not fully covered by free cash flow at the current price.

Payment schedule

Measure	Value
Indicated annual dividendYield times the current share price.	$1.40
Dividend yieldAnnual dividend as a percentage of the share price.	2.92%
Payments per yearThis stock pays quarterly.	4
Amount per paymentIndicated annual dividend divided by the number of payments.	$0.35

Dividend income by amount invested

At today's price and the current indicated dividend. Shares are not rounded to whole numbers, and a future dividend is never guaranteed.

Invested	Shares	Income per year	Per payment
$1,000	20.8	$29.20	$7.30
$5,000	104.1	$146.00	$36.50
$10,000	208.2	$292.00	$73.00
$25,000	520.4	$730.00	$182.50
$50,000	1040.8	$1460.00	$365.00

Yield across the 52-week range

Yield moves opposite the share price. Holding the current dividend constant, this is what the yield would have been at each end of the last year's range.

Share price	Price	Yield
At the 52-week high	$53.82	2.61%
Today	$48.04	2.92%
At the 52-week low	$41.29	3.40%

Dividend yield against peers

California Water Service Group ranks 2 of 6 by dividend yield among these companies; 1 yields more.

Company	Yield	P/E	Price
Avista Corporation (AVA)	5.58%	12.70	$37.69
California Water Service Group (CWT)	2.92%	20.63	$48.04
American States Water Company (AWR)	2.63%	22.63	$85.44
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK)	2.31%	20.22	$134.28
Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE)	1.11%	21.84	$32.40
Central Puerto S.A. (CEPU)	0.00%	8.25	$15.26