California Water Service Group

• 5 Small-Cap Stocks Raising Dividends for 45 or More Consecutive Years

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: ABM, AWR, CWT, NWN, SJW

  Small-cap investing entails higher risks than investing in large-cap blue chip companies, but there are many ways that your peers are beating the market in this space. Still, for dividend investors, investing in small-cap stocks with an impeccable record of dividend growth that stretches over several decades provides a degree of safety and regularity of ever-increasing income flows. Like their large-cap counterparts, some small-cap stocks boast consistent earnings power through more »

• This ETF Is Poised to Benefit From an Inevitable Trend

  By Brian Shaw - March 13, 2013 | Tickers: CWT, SBS, CWCO, ITRI, PHO

  For the sophisticated investor, exchange traded funds are often looked down upon. After all, part of the benefit of taking control of your personal investments is to cut back on as many performance-deflating expenses as possible. Plus, the diversification that ETF creators tout comes with a corresponding negative: both the best and worst companies in a particular industry or index are part of the ETF. So why would an in more »

• Should You Follow Insiders Into This Water Company?

  By Anh HOANG - March 8, 2013 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, CWT

  Insiders are getting quite bullish about California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT). On March 5, around 19 insiders of the company, including CEO and Chairman Peter Nelson and COO Martin Kropelnicki, bought 690,000 shares in total, with a total transaction value of more than $1.4 million. Since the middle of November 2012, California Water's stock has kept rising, from $17.30 per share to nearly $20.80 more »

• Invest in the Most Scarce Resource: Water

  By Joshua Bondy - December 22, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, CWT, CTWS, MSEX

  Food, water, shelter are listed as the three necessities of human life. How often have you thought of investing in water? Investing in water may not bring overnight riches but it is a sustainable resource that cannot be easily substituted. The United States has a number of water-based utilities that offer a stable and consistent investment.

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• Water, Water, Everywhere- Ideas In Water Utilities & Beyond

  By Steve Van - November 15, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR, BMI, CWT, ITRI, KEX, LNN, MWA, XYL

  “Water, water, everywhere,
  Nor any drop to drink.”
  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
  by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Seeing the devastation from Hurricane Sandy brought to mind this famous verse, which in turn got me thinking about ways to invest in one of the essentials of human life-water. We drink it, bathe in it, grow & prepare food with it, and even use it for transportation and recreation. I am confident more »

• Looking for Big Dividends? Think Small (Caps)

  By Brian Shaw - August 28, 2012 | Tickers: ASEI, CWT, CGNX, CLCT, GOV

  The first place that investors typically look for companies to populate an income-producing portfolio are well known mega caps such as Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble.  To be clear, these companies are excellent candidates for dividend portfolios given the stability created by the long history of reliable dividend growth that has earned each company a spot on the elite list of dividend aristocrats.  In fact, I recently wrote about some more »

• The Blue Gold Rush

  By Ryan Guenette - August 21, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR, CWT, SJW

  Water is the single most essential thing for the human body. A person can survive only three to five days without water, yet some have been reported to survive 7 days. 75% of the human body is made up of water, so it is of no surprise that providing water is considered a necessity. Water is more important to humans than electricity, cable, and waste collection combined. Companies that provide more »

• 5 Excellent Utilities for Safety and Yield

  By Michael French - January 17, 2012 | Tickers: CWT, CNP, NJR, SJI, AES

  I recommended these five utilities in May and June of 2011. Since then, the share prices have remained relatively stable despite turmoil in the markets. I still suggest them because of their healthy growth prospects, and for some, there are dividend payments.

  AES (NYSE: AES) is projected to grow non-GAAP EPS by 29.7% in 2012. The company is a global power company that provides energy in 28 countries. It more »

• Water Utilities Dripping with Dividends

  By Michael Tsangaris - December 31, 2011 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR, CWT

  To kick off, we'll start by looking at the dividend yields of these stocks instead of the P/E ratio. This simply divides the company’s annual dividend by its share price. Just like the interest rate on your savings account, the same principle applies with the dividend yield-the higher the better.

  The reason the dividend yield is used instead of P/E is because they are all dividend more »

• Cohesant Inc, A Diamond in Obscurity

  By Nikhil Shamapant - December 11, 2011 | Tickers: AWK, CWT

  This is a part of my, Behind the Curtain: Special Situations for Explosive Returns, series.

  (Edited on Monday, 12/12/11)

  Cohesant Inc. (PINK: COHY) is a micro cap pink sheets company based in Beachwood, Ohio, that provides services in the protection and renewal of drinking water systems and wastewater collection systems.  Other companies in its sector include American Waterworks (NYSE: AWK) and California Water Services (NYSE: CWT). Recently more »