Company Analysis

H2O America (HTO)

Nasdaq: HTO · Water Supply · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade3.4
◀ Past 2.6● Present 3.3▶ Future 4.3

The grade of H2O America

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.4/10
◀ Past2.625% of the headline
● Present3.345% of the headline
▶ Future4.330% 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?

2.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-10-28.

weight 45% of this tense · 4th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

H2O America's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2024-10-28); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-08-17) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

H2O America's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $340 million in fiscal 2016 to $801 million in fiscal 2025, up 10% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.0%top 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 14% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 39% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 14% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 4.9% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 26th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, H2O America's diluted share count grew about 4.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 14% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 38% 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?

3.3/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 70%: owes 70¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, H2O America earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 70 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 39% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 14% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 48% of 14 in its family; net margin 12.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

H2O America's standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $801 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 27% by size; a net margin of 12.8% ranks in the bottom 25%; revenue growth of 8.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 46% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$801Mtop 27% of its family
  • net margin12.8%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.9%bottom 46% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 24% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

H2O America's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Walters, Andrew F (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-07-03, 1.4 years (bottom 4% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6 years (top 42%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 12%; 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 charge9 in three years among 14 peoplebottom 12% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.0 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.4 yearsbottom 4% 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?

4.3/1030% 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

H2O America's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $21 million against debt of $1.9 billion leaves -35.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 30.6% of revenue (top 39%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-35.9%bottom 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue30.6%top 39% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 36% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

H2O America's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 8.9% a year over the last three filed years against 10% over all 10, slowing (bottom 18% of its family); the newest year grew 7% (top 46%) (its annual reports). H2O America tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.1 points a yearbottom 18% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth7.0%top 46% 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
5.3/10

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

top 47% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

H2O America's newest year against its own record: revenue of $801 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.6% below the $822 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 42% of its family); net income of $103 million against a prior three-year average of $84 million (top 27%); a net margin of 12.8% against 12.4% before (bottom 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.6%bottom 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+22%top 27% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.4 pointsbottom 42% 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 HTO · research, not advice