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PURE CYCLE CORP (PCYO)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for PURE CYCLE CORP. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About PURE CYCLE CORP

Pure Cycle Corporation provides wholesale water and wastewater services, develops land into master planned communities, and rents single-family homes primarily in the Denver, Colorado area. The company owns water rights and infrastructure to supply water and treat wastewater for residential, commercial, and industrial customers, including local government entities. It also develops the Sky Ranch community along the I-70 corridor, selling lots to homebuilders and renting homes to residents.

Snapshot

Revenue
$26.1M
Revenue growth (YoY)
-9.3%
Net income
$13.1M
Diluted EPS
$0.54
Gross margin
61.4%
Operating margin
29.4%
Net margin
50.3%
FCF margin
ROE
9.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
18.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$275.4M
Long-term debt / equity
0.04×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended August 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Pure Cycle

  • Revenue fell 9.3% to $26M in FY2025, slower than the 97.1% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 29.4% in FY2025, -1.4 pp against 30.8% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $8M, up 60.0% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Net income rose 12.9% to $13M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Pure Cycle’s fundamentals sit among the 98 Utilities companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin61.4%
72nd percentile of 26
Operating margin29.4%
82nd percentile of 86
Net margin50.3%
Highest of 91
Revenue growth (YoY)-9.3%
3rd percentile of 94
ROE9.2%
58th percentile of 89
P/E18.7×
34th percentile of 83
Long-term debt / equity0.04×
4th percentile of 84
Short interest5.05d
52nd percentile of 98

Pure Cycle’s net margin of 50.3% is the highest of the 91 Utilities companies reporting it. Pure Cycle’s revenue growth of -9.3% ranks in the 3rd percentile of the 94 Utilities companies reporting it. Pure Cycle’s long-term debt to equity of 0.04 ranks in the 4th percentile of the 84 Utilities companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+3 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
0 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$2.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$786,80073.5KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$681,99163.7KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$677,56863.3KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
458.1K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+6.9%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.05
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
90.8K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-14458.1K+6.9%5.05
2026-07-31428.5K+4.2%8.18
2026-07-15411.2K-0.6%6.71
2026-06-30413.6K+9.2%5.24
2026-06-15378.9K+4.3%7.49
2026-05-29363.1K+3.5%4.74
2026-05-15350.9K-0.3%8.12
2026-04-30351.9K-4.2%8.63

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$26.1M$28.7M$14.6M$23.0M$17.1M
Gross profit$16.0M$19.8M$8.0M$16.4M$10.7M
Operating income$7.7M$12.2M$2.1M$10.1M$5.3M
Net income$13.1M$11.6M$4.7M$9.6M$20.1M
Diluted EPS$0.54$0.48$0.19$0.40$0.83

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$21.9M$22.1M$26.0M$34.9M$20.1M
Current assets$31.7M$37.9M$29.7M$37.8M$38.7M
Total assets$162.3M$147.4M$133.2M$129.2M$117.2M
Current liabilities$11.6M$9.3M$6.5M$10.8M$12.5M
Long-term debt$6.4M$6.9M$0
Total liabilities$19.5M$17.7M$15.0M$16.2M$14.4M
Total equity$142.7M$129.7M$118.2M$113.0M$102.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$13.2M$2.3M$-2.3M$17.5M$3.5M
Capital expenditure
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$8.2M60.0%$2.9M$0.12
Q2 FY2026$5.2M29.4%$1.1M$0.05
Q1 FY2026$9.1M58.8%$4.6M$0.19
Q4 FY2025$11.2M-10.8%$6.1M$0.25
Q3 FY2025$5.1M-32.4%$2.3M$0.09
Q2 FY2025$4.0M25.0%$809,000$0.03
Q1 FY2025$5.8M6.8%$3.9M$0.16
Q4 FY2024$12.6M272.9%$6.6M$0.27

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorUtilities
SIC industryWater Supply
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended August 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing1995
SEC CIK276720

Selected SEC filings

10-K2025-11-12
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10-Q2026-07-08
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10-Q2026-04-08
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10-Q2026-01-07
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10-Q2025-07-09
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8-K2026-08-25
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8-K2026-07-09
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8-K2026-05-26
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.