California Water Service Group - Chart of the Day

California Water Service Group (CWT) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The water utility company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 51.60+, gained 35.50% in the last year and paid a 2.16% dividend.

The Chart of the Day belongs to California Water Services Group (CWT).  I found the water utility stock by using Barchart to sort today's All Time High list first for the highest number of new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more. Next I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 5/24 the stock gained 12.51%.

California Water Service Company's business, which is carried on through its operating subsidiaries, consists of the production, purchase, storage, purification, distribution and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public and irrigation uses, and for fire protection. It also provides water related services under agreements with municipalities and other private companies. The nonregulated services include full water system operation, and billing and meter reading services.

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 12.59%
• Relative Strength Index 80.61
• Technical support level at 31.46
• Recently traded at 32.29 with a 50 day moving average of 28.57

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $1.55 billion
• P/E 35.85
• Dividend yield 2.16%
• Revenue expected to grow 2.40% this year and another 11.00% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 10.60% this year, an additional 13.70% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 9.05% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 5 hold recommendations on the stock