Consolidated Water Co.

CWCO

Regulated Water · Utilities

Price

$29.17

-0.39 (-1.32%)

Market Cap

$466.7M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+4.6% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 15.3M (2021) → 16.0M (2025)

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, constructs, manages, and operates water production and water treatment plants primarily in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, and the United States. The company operates through four segments: Retail, Bulk, Services, and Manufacturing. It uses reverse osmosis technology to produce potable water from seawater. The company produces and supplies water to end-users, including residential, commercial, and government customers, as wel

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-11.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-20.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

5.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$126M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Consolidated Water Co.'s revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

36.0%

Modest — 36.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

11.7%

Modest — 11.7% operating margin

ROCE

1.6%

Weak — 1.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+0.3%

Nearly flat sales (0.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

-34.8%

Earnings shrinking (-34.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

211%

Turns 211% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

21.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (21.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.00

Conservative — low debt load (0.00)

Interest Cover

3047.03x

Comfortably covers interest (3047.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

26.8x

Growth-priced — P/E 26.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

-5.4

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.87%

Small dividend — 1.87% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+19.1%

Dividend growing fast (19.1% YoY)

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