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NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Utilities · CIK 0000727273
$4.06
+2.27% · live
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$337.8M market value
From CADIZ INC's FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 31, 2026 · read the filing
CADIZ supplies electricity, gas or water. It took in $16.3M last year, which makes it a small company. It spends more than it earns — losing about 209 cents on every dollar of sales.
The financial picture is led by growth and accounting, while profitability and debt remain weak.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
A published bankruptcy-risk model places it in its distress range. This is a statistical reading, not a forecast.
Altman Z-Score -16.89
These are things the company filed or that a published model flagged — not predictions, and not a reason on their own to buy or sell anything.
Financial health
A mixed picture — some clear strengths and some weaknesses.
From CADIZ INC's FY2025 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2025
Revenue
$9.6M → $16.3M
Gross profit
$2.3M → $5.2M
Operating margin
-242.0% → -156.9%
Profit margin
-324.1% → -209.3%
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Mar 31, 2026
Improved: +69.8%
$9.6M to $16.3MCritical
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
How the latest move compares (quote live), and what was published around it
CDZI rose 2.27% on the latest quote. The average Utilities company tracked here moved +1.72%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 0.5 points above its sector and 3.3 points above the market.
These coincide with the move in time. None is presented as its cause: a price can move on news that names no company, on the wider market, or on trading that no document records.
Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
Opinions from 9 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 9 analysts publishing on this company, 2 say strong buy, 6 say buy and 1 say hold. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
No. It lost $34.2M last year, losing about 209 cents on every dollar of sales.
Yes, quickly. Sales grew 69.8% last year.
Yes — it carries debt while operations are consuming cash rather than generating it. For every $1 it owes, it owns $1.20 in assets. Its operating profit does not cover its interest bill — -2.98x against the interest it owes. A bankruptcy-risk model also places it in its distress range.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Whether the dividend is covered by what the business actually earns
It paid a dividend while making a loss, so the payment did not come out of profits — it came from reserves, borrowing or asset sales. It has paid in each of the last 5 years.
WeakFigures from the FY2025 annual filing
Last year it lost $34.2M and generated -$18.9M of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202510-K · Mar 31, 2026Filing for FY2025 | FY202410-K · Mar 31, 2026Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Mar 28, 2024Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Mar 28, 2024Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Mar 30, 2023Filing for FY2021 | ChangeFY2025 vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $16.3M | $9.6M | $2.0M | $1.5M | $564.0K | +69.8% |
| Cost of revenue | $11.2M | $7.3M | $2.9M | $2.1M | $0.00 | +53.0% |
| Gross profit | $5.2M† | $2.3M† | -$896.0K† | -$566.0K† | $564.0K† | +122.9% |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 31.6% | 24.0% | -45.0% | -37.7% | 100.0% | +7.5 pts |
| Selling, general and administrative | $29.5M | $24.3M | $18.8M | $15.3M | $17.7M | +21.1% |
| Operating income | -$25.6M | -$23.2M | -$20.9M | -$16.6M | -$17.5M | −10.1% |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | -156.9% | -242.0% | -1051.7% | -1103.4% | -3105.0% | +85.1 pts |
| Interest expense | $8.6M | $7.9M | $4.9M | $8.3M | $11.4M | +8.9% |
| Income before tax | -$34.1M | -$31.1M | -$31.4M | -$24.8M | -$30.3M | −9.7% |
| Net income | -$34.2M | -$31.1M | -$31.4M | -$24.8M | -$31.2M | −9.7% |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | -209.3% | -324.1% | -1579.4% | -1651.7% | -5540.6% | +114.8 pts |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $-0.4104 | $-0.4133 | $-0.4714 | $-0.4441 | $-0.7158 | +0.7% |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity.
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Was granted or awarded shares — 1,238 shares at $3.79 ($4.7K)
Holds 30,729 shares after this filing.
Was granted or awarded shares — 4,954 shares at $3.79 ($18.8K)
Holds 201,524 shares after this filing.
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Quarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Revenue -76.3% · Operating margin −762.4 pts · Gross profit turned negative — against Q2 FY2025
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Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from CDZI's 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31, filed Mar 31, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
4 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. All four had enough reported figures. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 9 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6.0 | 3/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 31, 2026 |
| FY2024 | 4.0 | 5/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 28, 2025 |
| FY2023 | 6.0 | 3/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 28, 2024 |
| FY2022 | 6.0 | 3/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 30, 2023 |
| FY2021 | 3.3 | 4/8 | 10-K, filed Mar 29, 2022 |
| FY2020 | 4.7 | 3/8 | 10-K, filed Mar 26, 2021 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
3 of 9 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's.
-16.89
In the distress zone
For this model, above 2.6 is safe and below 1.1 is distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
-2.59
Below the threshold — nothing unusual flagged
Scores above -1.78 are the ones the model associates with earnings manipulation.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2025 filing as filed with the SEC.
Improved: +122.9%
$2.3M to $5.2MCritical
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: +85.1 pts
-242.0% to -156.9%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +114.8 pts
-324.1% to -209.3%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: -50.3%
$17.3M to $8.6MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: +10.4%
75.4M to 83.2MCritical
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Changed: +711.1%
$934.0K to $7.6MCritical
Why it matters: Neither good nor bad on its own. Heavy spending is a company building capacity or a company struggling to stand still, and the two look identical in this figure.
Improved: +7.5 pts
24.0% to 31.6%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: $4.0M wider
-$22.5M to -$26.5MSignificant
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
Deteriorated: +28.2%
$56.7M to $72.7MSignificant
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Deteriorated: $2.3M wider
-$23.2M to -$25.6MNotable
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: $3.0M wider
-$31.1M to -$34.2MNotable
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: $0.00 narrower
-$0.41 to -$0.41Notable
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025, from the 10-Q filed Aug 13, 2026 — read it.
Deteriorated: -76.3%
$4.1M to $979.0KCritical
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: turned negative
$1.5M to -$24.0KCritical
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Deteriorated: $3.1M wider
-$5.8M to -$8.8MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: $3.6M wider
-$7.7M to -$11.4MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: −37.9 pts
35.4% to -2.5%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: −762.4 pts
-140.0% to -902.5%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −974.5 pts
-187.3% to -1161.8%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: $0.04 wider
-$0.09 to -$0.14Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: +48.0%
$58.8M to $87.0MCritical
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Deteriorated: -59.7%
$13.2M to $5.3MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: +2.8%
81.9M to 84.2MNotable
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 13, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Deteriorated: -40.0%
$1.6M to $979.0KCritical
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: turned negative
$425.0K to -$24.0KCritical
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Deteriorated: −28.5 pts
26.0% to -2.5%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: −483.6 pts
-418.8% to -902.5%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −632.6 pts
-529.2% to -1161.8%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: -67.8%
$16.5M to $5.3MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: $2.0M wider
-$6.8M to -$8.8MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: $2.7M wider
-$8.6M to -$11.4MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: $0.03 wider
-$0.10 to -$0.14Significant
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
1 other measure barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
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About 12.8% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
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Trailing P/E is not meaningful because the latest trailing earnings are zero or negative. The price-to-book and price-to-sales figures below still provide reference points.
Nothing unusual. Its accounting patterns look like those of companies that report earnings straightforwardly.
Was granted or awarded shares — 4,954 shares at $3.79 ($18.8K)
Holds 130,311 shares after this filing.
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Holds 192,106 shares after this filing.
Was granted or awarded shares — 4,464 shares at $4.20 ($18.7K)
Holds 196,570 shares after this filing.
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Holds 120,893 shares after this filing.
Was granted or awarded shares — 4,464 shares at $4.20 ($18.7K)
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Holds 28,375 shares after this filing.
Was granted or awarded shares — 1,116 shares at $4.20 ($4.7K)
Holds 29,491 shares after this filing.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Had a director or senior officer leave or join · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Reported another event
Read the filingAmended its charter or changed its financial year · Held a shareholder vote
Read the filingMade a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Revenue -44.8% · Operating margin −163.8 pts · Gross profit -51.5% — against Q1 FY2025
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2025
Revenue +69.8% · Operating margin +85.1 pts · Gross profit +122.9% — against FY2024
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2025
Revenue +28.7% · Operating margin +29.9 pts · Profit margin +40.3 pts — against Q3 FY2024
Read the filingSigned a material agreement · Took on a direct financial obligation · Made a Regulation FD disclosure · Reported another event
Read the filingReported another event
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2025
Revenue +704.3% · Operating margin +1214.6 pts · Gross profit turned positive — against Q2 FY2024
Read the filingReported another event
Read the filingMade a Regulation FD disclosure · Reported another event
Read the filingHeld a shareholder vote
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2025
Revenue +163.5% · Operating margin +182.8 pts · Gross profit +648.7% — against Q1 FY2024
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2024
Revenue +382.6% · Operating margin +809.8 pts · Gross profit turned positive — against FY2023
Read the filing