Buyback yield (TTM)
0.04%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
2.76%
5Y share count change
21.0%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.15M
Cumulative buybacks
$27.73M
Key takeaways
- California Water Service Group (CWT) repurchased about $1.15M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 21.0% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.23× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -3.1% per year over the latest 5-year window.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for California Water Service Group (CWT)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for California Water Service Group (CWT)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for California Water Service Group (CWT)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for California Water Service Group (CWT)
Latest: $1.43M
Overview
The 2025 reading of California Water Service Group (CWT) buyback spend is $1.43M – edged down 0.1% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), California Water Service Group buyback spend delivered a -3.1% annualised rate; with a net decline across the window.
California Water Service Group buyback spend plunged from $7.11M in 2014 to $1.43M in 2025, a 79.8% drawdown.
2014 marks the peak buyback spend at $7.11M, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 1994.
California Water Service Group Buyback Spend 2025: $1.43M
California Water Service Group buyback spend in 2025 was $1.43M, edged down 0.1% below 2024.
California Water Service Group Buyback Spend 2024: $1.44M
2024's buyback spend for California Water Service Group came in at $1.44M, declined 22.2% below 2023.
California Water Service Group Buyback Spend 2023: $1.84M
California Water Service Group posted buyback spend of $1.84M in 2023, declined 8.4% below 2022.
California Water Service Group Buyback Spend 2022: $2.01M
In 2022, California Water Service Group reported buyback spend of $2.01M, grew 13.9% from 2021.
California Water Service Group Buyback Spend 2021: $1.77M
California Water Service Group buyback spend in 2021 was $1.77M.
See more financial history for California Water Service Group (CWT).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.43M | $4.98M | −$3.55M | 0.06% | 0.06B | +1.7% | |
| 2024 | $1.44M | $3.75M | −$2.31M | 0.05% | 0.06B | +2.9% | |
| 2023 | $1.84M | $2.99M | −$1.15M | 0.06% | 0.06B | +4.8% | |
| 2022 | $2.01M | $5.16M | −$3.15M | 0.06% | 0.05B | +5.3% | |
| 2021 | $1.77M | $6.80M | −$5.04M | 0.05% | 0.05B | +4.8% | |
| 2020 | $1.68M | $4.59M | −$2.91M | 0.06% | 0.05B | +2.3% | |
| 2019 | $2.50M | $6.73M | −$4.23M | 0.10% | 0.05B | +0.2% | |
| 2018 | $1.65M | $3.14M | −$1.50M | 0.07% | 0.05B | +0.1% | |
| 2017 | $1.50M | $3.12M | −$1.61M | 0.07% | 0.05B | +0.1% | |
| 2016 | $744.00K | $2.85M | −$2.10M | 0.05% | 0.05B | +0.2% | |
| 2015 | $338.00K | $2.58M | −$2.24M | 0.03% | 0.05B | +0.1% | |
| 2014 | $7.11M | $2.19M | $4.91M | 0.60% | 0.05B | +3.0% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $1.83M | −$1.83M | — | 0.05B | +10.8% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $1.44M | −$1.44M | — | 0.04B | +0.3% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +0.3% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +0.3% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +0.2% | |
| 2008 | $3.72M | $0.00 | $3.72M | 0.39% | 0.04B | +0.2% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +9.3% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +2.8% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +3.8% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +11.3% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | +4.8% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | -0.0% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | +0.4% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | -0.1% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | +0.9% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | +17.4% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | +1.5% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$1.43M
- 2024$1.44M
- 2023$1.84M
- 2022$2.01M
- 2021$1.77M
- 2020$1.68M
- 2019$2.50M
- 2018$1.65M
- 2017$1.50M
- 2016$744.00K
- 2015$338.00K
- 2014$7.11M
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$3.72M
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for California Water Service Group (CWT)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.23×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for California Water Service Group (CWT)
How California Water Service Group splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $0.00 (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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