Consolidated Water Q2 Earnings and Sales Surpass Estimates

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. CWCO delivered second-quarter 2025 earnings per share (EPS) of 32 cents, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 20 cents by 60%.

The bottom line also improved 23.1% compared with the year-ago period’s earnings of 26 cents.

Total Revenues of CWCO

The company’s total revenues for second-quarter 2025 were $33.6 million, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $33 million by 2.76%.
 
Revenues were up 6.3% year over year due to an improvement in contribution from its Retail and Manufacturing segments.

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

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CWCO’s Q2 Segmental Details

Retail revenues for the quarter increased 6% to $8.6 million on higher sales volumes.

Bulk revenues decreased 2% to $8.3 million.

Manufacturing revenues decreased 33% to $5.2 million.

Services revenues declined 4% to $11.4 million due to a $1.2 million decrease in construction revenues and a $0.5 million decrease in design and consulting revenues.

Highlights of CWCO’s Q2 Earnings Release

Retail water sales from the company’s Grand Cayman utility rose 7%, driven primarily by reduced rainfall compared with second-quarter 2024, with additional support from population growth and higher business activity in its service area.

Gross profit for second-quarter 2025 was $12.83 million compared with $11.6 million in the second quarter of 2024.
 
Total general and administrative expenses increased nearly 14.7% to $7.6 million.

CWCO’s Financial Highlights

Cash and cash equivalents totaled $112.3 million as of June 30, 2025, compared with $99.4 million as of Dec. 31, 2024. Working capital amounted to $137.4 million as of June 30, 2025.

Total long-term debt was $0.05 million as of June 30, 2025, down from $0.07 million at 2024-end.

Cash flow from operating activities during the first half of 2025 totaled $10.4 million compared with $11.2 million in the year-ago period.

CWCO’s Zacks Rank

Consolidated Water currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Other Releases

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WTRG’s long-term (three to five years) earnings growth rate is 5.18%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2025 earnings is pegged at $2.11 per share, indicating a year-over-year increase of 7.11%.

American States Water Company AWR reported second-quarter 2025 operating EPS of 87 cents, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 92 cents by 5.4%.

The company’s long-term earnings growth rate is 5.65%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for AWR’s 2025 EPS is pegged at $3.28, which indicates a year-over-year improvement of 3.47%.

American Water Works Company AWK posted second-quarter 2025 operating earnings of $1.48 per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.49 by 0.7%.

AWK’s long-term earnings growth rate is 7.8%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2025 is pegged at $5.72, which implies year-over-year growth of 6.12%

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