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Employees: 293
Size Consolidated Water (CWCO) is a United States Utilities company (Water Utilities) with a market value of $436M, the 2791st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $27.22 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 17.3%, against -16.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 15 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 1.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.2%); the operating margin is 12.3% (peer median 21.3%).
Valuation It trades at 19.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.4× (3rd most expensive of 9).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.0 points above its cost of capital (7.6% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $149M at 31 Dec 2025 — 1.1 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Short interest Short interest is 4.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $128M | $132M | $134M | $180M | $94.1M |
| Revenue growth | — | -1% | -26% | +92% | — |
| Gross profit | $44.5M | $47.6M | $45.6M | $61.9M | $30.4M |
| EBITDA | $23.4M | $25.9M | $24.8M | $43.8M | $15.5M |
| Net income | $16.2M | $18.3M | $16.1M | $29.6M | $5.86M |
| Free cash flow | $30.2M | $33.2M | $29.8M | $2.92M | $13.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $9.52M | $8.54M | $6.70M | $5.05M | $7.54M |
| Total debt | $2.79M | $3.03M | $3.46M | $2.67M | $2.47M |
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| Measure | CWCO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -10.2% | -5.9% | 6th lowest of 15 |
| 6-month return | -17.3% | -16.9% | 7th lowest of 15 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -30.4% | -30.4% | 8th highest of 15 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -1.2% | +6.2% | 5th lowest of 15 |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 21.3% | 5th lowest of 15 |
| Forward P/E | 19.4× | 15.4× | 3rd most expensive of 9 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 4.5% | -1.1% | most demanding of 7 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +12.7% | +7.9% | highest of 7 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -8.2 pp | -9.3 pp | 3rd most demanding of 7 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +4.0 pp | +0.8 pp | 3rd highest of 14 |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.3× | 10.4× | 3rd most expensive of 6 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -5.5× | 4.2× | least indebted of 6 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Water CWCO | United States | $436M | -17% | -1% | 12% | 19.4× | 4.5% | +12.7% |
| Jiangsu United Water Technology 603291.SS | China | $476M | -35% | -13% | 11% | 16.0× | -0.5% | +6.9% |
| York Water YORW | United States | $529M | +10% | +9% | 37% | 20.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Artesian Resources ARTNA | United States | $357M | +7% | +6% | 32% | 14.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Haitian Water 603759.SS | China | $535M | -17% | +112% | 5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guangxi Nanning Waterworks 601368.SS | China | $601M | -9% | 0% | 22% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kuo Toong International 8936.TWO | Taiwan | $303M | -22% | +27% | 21% | 8.6× | -8.1% | +11.2% |
| Qianjiang Water Resources Development 600283.SS | China | $627M | -19% | +7% | 11% | 16.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhan Xianglong Power Industry 600769.SS | China | $687M | -24% | +4% | 20% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Jiangnan Water 601199.SS | China | $763M | +2% | -4% | 12% | n/a | -1.5% | +8.9% |
| China Water Affairs 0855.HK | Hong Kong | $823M | -22% | -11% | 25% | 5.8× | -0.6% | 0.0% |
| Guangdong Shunkong Development 003039.SZ | China | $1.12B | -16% | +6% | 25% | n/a | 4.3% | +12.5% |
| Middlesex Water MSEX | United States | $1.15B | +16% | +9% | 31% | 21.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Indium Target Advanced Materials (Harbin) 000711.SZ | China | $1.54B | -27% | +46% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Hongcheng Environment 600461.SS | China | $1.69B | -17% | -11% | 24% | 9.1× | -10.2% | +2.6% |
Consolidated Water reported $149M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Dec 2025. That is 1.1 years of trailing revenue already under contract.