Company Analysis

Global Water Resources, Inc. (GWRS)

Nasdaq: GWRS · Water Supply · Phoenix, AZ · filing with the SEC since 2008
Grade3.8
◀ Past 5.3● Present 3.0▶ Future 3.7

The grade of Global Water Resources, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.8/10
◀ Past5.325% of the headline
● Present3.045% of the headline
▶ Future3.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Global Water Resources, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.7% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 8 of 8.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Water Resources, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $36 million in fiscal 2018 to $56 million in fiscal 2025, up 6.7% a year; it rose in 5 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 1% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 8 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.7%bottom 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 25% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 39% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.6%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 5.1% a year. 34% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 10 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 34th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Global Water Resources, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 5.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 34% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 10 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03, buying about $7 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.0/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 82%: owes 82¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 13th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Global Water Resources, Inc. earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 82 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 11.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 18% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 18% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 23% of 14 in its family; net margin 5.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Water Resources, Inc.'s standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $56 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 27% by size; a net margin of 5.3% ranks in the bottom 18%; revenue growth of 7.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$55.8Mbottom 27% of its family
  • net margin5.3%bottom 18% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.6%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 24% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Global Water Resources, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Fleming, Ronnie L (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-04-27, 10.5 years (top 35% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.7 years (top 19%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 19%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 15 peopletop 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.7 yearstop 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10.5 yearstop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 43% of 14 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Global Water Resources, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $4 million against debt of $134 million leaves -26.8% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -84.6% of revenue (bottom 18%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-26.8%top 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-84.6%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 47% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Water Resources, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.6% a year over the last three filed years against 6.7% over all 8, speeding up (bottom 39% of its family); the newest year grew 5.8% (bottom 39%); capital spending grew 25.6% a year (top 37%) (its annual reports). Global Water Resources, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Water Services at $29 million (51%), Wastewater and Recycled Water at $27 million (49%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.0 points a yearbottom 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.8%bottom 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending25.6%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 19% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Global Water Resources, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $56 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.5% below the $57 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $6 million (bottom 4%); a net margin of 5.3% against 12.8% before (bottom 4%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.5%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-54%bottom 4% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-7.5 pointsbottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GWRS · research, not advice