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Cadiz Inc. (CDZI)

Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Water | Los Angeles, United States | NasdaqGM
3.99 USD -0.03 (-0.746%) ⇩ (June 12, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 3.99

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | June 12, 2026, 9:57 p.m. EDT

Cadiz Inc. presents a stark contradiction between optimistic headlines promising a 'path to profitability' and the hard financial reality of negative earnings, shrinking revenue, and a 50% price decline over nine years. While analysts project a target price significantly higher than current levels, the company is burning cash with a debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 750% and no common dividend history. The technicals remain weak, trading well below key moving averages, and the options market reflects low conviction with minimal volume. This appears to be a high-risk speculative turnaround play where the narrative of recovery has not yet translated into operational stability or shareholder returns.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_97 ✓0.046704
MSTL_1260.059694
MSTL0.088093
AutoTheta0.100637
AutoARIMA0.101488
AutoETS0.101489
MSTL_97_1260.107271

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_97

Forecast Reliability
Score 34%
H-stat 2.22
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.277
Excess Kurtosis -0.42
Attribute Value
Sector Utilities
Debt to Equity Ratio 753.043
Revenue per Share 0.181
Market Cap 335,504,288
Forward P/E -17.35
Beta 1.81
Profit Margins -221.43%
Website https://www.cadizinc.com

As of June 12, 2026, 9:57 p.m. EDT: Market participants are displaying low conviction with muted implied volatility across all expirations. Call interest clusters at the $5.00 strike, indicating a modest recovery target, while put buying concentrates at the $2.50 level for downside protection. The overall positioning suggests a defensive stance rather than aggressive directional bets.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.40492952
Address1 550 South Hope Street
Address2 Suite 2850
All Time High 531.25
All Time Low 0.25
Ask 5.13
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 721,120
Average Daily Volume3 Month 770,700
Average Volume 770,700
Average Volume10Days 721,120
Beta 1.814
Bid 2.98
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 4
Book Value 0.186
City Los Angeles
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 3.99
Current Ratio 1.877
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,780,012,800
Day High 4.13
Day Low 3.975
Debt To Equity 753.043
Display Name Cadiz
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,651,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,651,200
Ebitda -23,555,000
Ebitda Margins -1.57128
Enterprise To Ebitda -18.533
Enterprise To Revenue 29.12
Enterprise Value 436,536,288
Eps Current Year -0.43
Eps Forward -0.23
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.46
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 213 271 1614
Fifty Day Average 4.5616
Fifty Day Average Change -0.5716002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.12530695
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 40.49295
Fifty Two Week High 6.96
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.97
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.42672414
Fifty Two Week Low 2.79
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.2
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.43010756
Fifty Two Week Range 2.79 - 6.96
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 599,841,000,000
Float Shares 56,354,629
Forward Eps -0.23
Forward P E -17.347826
Free Cashflow -21,038,750
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 31
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,780,531,200
Gross Margins 0.31344998
Gross Profits 4,699,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.33333
Held Percent Institutions 0.48766997
Implied Shares Outstanding 84,086,286
Industry Utilities - Regulated Water
Industry Disp Utilities - Regulated Water
Industry Key utilities-regulated-water
Ir Website http://cadizinc.com/investor-relations/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,071,705,600
Last Split Factor 1:25
Long Business Summary Cadiz Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides water solutions in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Land and Water Resources; and Water Filtration Technology. It offers water supply, water storage, and water conveyance, and wastewater treatment services, as well as local distribution systems and products. The company also provides water filtration solutions for impaired or contaminated groundwater sources. In addition, it is involved in the cultivation of grain crops, including alfalfa. The company serves public and private water systems, government agencies, and commercial businesses. Cadiz Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
Long Name Cadiz Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 335,504,288
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_294780
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -38,300,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 336,345,144
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 4.03
Operating Cashflow -20,796,000
Operating Margins -4.18811
Overall Risk 9
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.51
Phone 213 271 1600
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 3.99
Post Market Time 1,781,303,813
Previous Close 4.02
Price Eps Current Year -9.27907
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 21.451612
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 22.38038
Profit Margins -2.2142599
Quick Ratio 1.683
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.03
Regular Market Change Percent -0.746268
Regular Market Day High 4.13
Regular Market Day Low 3.975
Regular Market Day Range 3.975 - 4.13
Regular Market Open 4.03
Regular Market Previous Close 4.02
Regular Market Price 3.99
Regular Market Time 1,781,294,401
Regular Market Volume 351,195
Return On Assets -0.1067
Return On Equity -1.11301
Revenue Growth -0.448
Revenue Per Share 0.181
Sand P52 Week Change 0.23177934
Sector Utilities
Sector Disp Utilities
Sector Key utilities
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 84,086,286
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.078
Shares Short 6,555,245
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,777,507,200
Shares Short Prior Month 6,747,840
Short Name Cadiz, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1161
Short Ratio 6.93
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol CDZI
Target High Price 15.0
Target Low Price 10.0
Target Mean Price 11.66667
Target Median Price 10.0
Total Cash 16,535,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.197
Total Debt 117,565,000
Total Revenue 14,991,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.46
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 5.02965
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.0396502
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.20670427
Type Disp Equity
Volume 351,195
Website https://www.cadizinc.com
Zip 90,071