Global Water Resources, Inc.
GWRSActiveCIK 1434728 · Water Utilities
N/A
Market data as of N/A
Financials: LTM / latest available company filings
Sources: FMP, GWRS filings, SEC EDGAR
$203
Market cap ($MM)
$338
Enterprise value ($MM)
$56
Revenue · LTM ($MM)
$23
EBITDA · LTM ($MM)
40%
EBITDA margin
6.1x
EV / revenue
15.0x
EV / EBITDA
5.9x
Net debt / EBITDA
Coverage
Coverage view
The analytical read on the name and the balance-sheet capacity behind the program.
Key points
- 01GWRS is a scaled public consolidator in Water Utilities, a benchmark for how the sub-sector buys, pays, and trades.
- 02The relevant peer set is AWK, PCYO, WTRG, CWCO, CDZI, ARTNA.
Balance sheet & capacity
Indicative capacity read: 5.9x net debt / EBITDA with EBITDA of $22.5MM.
$2
Cash & equiv. ($MM)
$134
Total debt ($MM)
$132
Net debt ($MM)
5.9x
Net debt / EBITDA
Valuation
Where it trades against its peer set
GWRS versus the scaled public Water Utilities comparables.
Indexed share-price performance
GWRS versus available Water Utilities peers and SPY.
-55%
GWRS
N/A
Peer med.
+79%
SPY
Indexed to 100 from May 28, 2021 through May 26, 2026. Source: FMP month-end close history.
| Company | Ticker | Revenue ($MM) | EBITDA ($MM) | Margin | Market cap ($MM) | EV ($MM) | EV / rev | EV / EBITDA | Net debt / EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Water Resources, Inc. | GWRS | $56 | $23 | 40% | $203 | $338 | 6.1x | 15.0x | 5.9x |
Financials via Financial Modeling Prep (SEC-derived TTM). EV/EBITDA distribution: each dot a live peer, band = interquartile range, line = median. Impossible values (EBITDA > revenue, negative-EBITDA multiples) shown NM.
M&A program
A sustained, programmatic tuck-in cadence
GWRS's disclosed acquisition footprint and the deals behind it.
Disclosed acquisitions
59
Active years
11
Named deals
N/A
Avg / active year
5.4
Acq. cash outflow ($MM)
N/A
Banker read
- 01GWRS has no clean annual acquisition timeline in this snapshot.
- 02Use the named transactions and management language as the primary evidence until the annual cadence is available.
- 03Anchor the discussion in disclosed acquisition cadence, public peer comps, and named transaction evidence.
Annual acquisition count
GWRS cadence shown by annual acquisition count because verified spend is N/A.
Program diagnostics
Recent / prior
N/A
Annual cadence is not available in this snapshot.
Peak count year
N/A
No peak year clears the timeline quality bar.
Spend check
N/A
Disclosed spend is not clean enough for the chart.
Named evidence
0 rows
0.0% selected source-cited transaction coverage.
Selected transactions
| Date | Target | Segment | Consideration ($MM) | Strategic rationale | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No named transactions clear the quality bar in this snapshot. | |||||
Acquisitions disclosed/extracted from SEC filings; not necessarily full M&A history. Disclosed acquisition cash outflow is cumulative "payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired" from the 10-K cash-flow statements (a cash outflow, not deal value). Built on 1 SEC-backed facts across 0 cited filings.
Evidence
Source archive
A collapsed investigation trail for the SEC filings behind the financials, annual M&A cadence, named transactions, and management language.
Annual 10-Ks
10
Named deal filings
0
Recent SEC filings
0
Evidence clips
0
Annual 10-K M&A evidenceAccepted annual filings used for disclosed acquisition count and spend.10 rows+-
| Fiscal year | Filing date | Form | Status | Count | Cash spend | Purchase consideration | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Mar 4, 2026 | Annual M&A 10-K | quarantined (1 issue) | 1 | $8.1MM | $8.1MM | SEC filing |
| FY2024 | Mar 5, 2025 | Annual M&A 10-K | quarantined (2 warn, 1 issue) | 0 | $0.2MM | N/A | SEC filing |
| FY2023 | Mar 7, 2024 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 1 | $6.2MM | $7.6MM | SEC filing |
| FY2022 | Mar 9, 2023 | Annual M&A 10-K | warning (1 warn) | 1 | $0.2MM | N/A | SEC filing |
| FY2021 | Mar 10, 2022 | Annual M&A 10-K | warning (1 warn) | 1 | $2.1MM | N/A | SEC filing |
| FY2020 | Mar 4, 2021 | Annual M&A 10-K | quarantined (1 warn, 1 issue) | 4 | $0.3MM | N/A | SEC filing |
| FY2019 | Mar 5, 2020 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | N/A | N/A | N/A | SEC filing |
| FY2018 | Mar 7, 2019 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 2 | $8.5MM | $8.7MM | SEC filing |
| FY2017 | Mar 9, 2018 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 1 | N/A | N/A | SEC filing |
| FY2016 | Mar 10, 2017 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | N/A | N/A | N/A | SEC filing |
Named transaction source filingsFilings behind selected named-deal rows and transaction excerpts.0 rows+-
Recent SEC filingsThe latest profile filings, kept separate so someone can investigate beyond M&A.0 rows+-
Evidence clipsShort excerpts used on the page; expand only when you want the language.0 rows+-
Annual M&A counts and disclosed spend are extracted from SEC acquisition disclosures and cash-flow statements; named-deal rows carry direct filing links where the filing identifies the target or consideration.