Pure Cycle PE ratio PCYO

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2015.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 17.7×
8-year median: 26.7×
Against its 8-year history: 11th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
8-year range: 13.1× to 266×
Peer median: 21.2×

Pure Cycle's PE ratio is 17.7× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $10.78 against $0.61 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its 8-year median of 26.7×, lower than on 89% of days in the last 8 years.

Over that time it ranged from 13.1× in Mar 2022 to 266× in Jul 2019.

The median for 6 water utilities of a similar size is 21.2×.

PE ratio over time

median 26.7×

The dashed line is the 8-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	17.7×	17.2×	21.1×
2025	20.9×	17.2×	26.2×
2024	26.1×	26.1×	50.0×
2023	52.4×	23.9×	54.8×
2022	26.9×	13.1×	49.8×
2021	16.8×	15.9×	178×
2020	40.1×	19.8×	59.6×
2019	60.9×	57.0×	266×
2018	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2017	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2016	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2015	84.8×	76.0×	257×

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Water nearest Pure Cycle's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
PCYOPure Cycle	17.7×
GWRSGlobal Water Resources	66.1×
ARTNAArtesian Resources	14.9×
CWCOConsolidated Water	28.1×
YORWYork Water	19.8×
MSEXMiddlesex Water	21.6×
HTOH2O America	20.8×
Peer median	21.2×

Where Pure Cycle ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.