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Pure Cycle Corporation

UtilitiesElectric, Gas & Water
Ticker PCYOWATKINS, COFiscal year ends AugustBook value per share $6.27Diluted shares 24.2M

Pure Cycle Corporation (Nasdaq: PCYO) provides wholesale water and wastewater services, develops land, and rents single-family homes in Colorado’s Denver metropolitan region. Its water and wastewater business supplies local governmental entities that serve residential and commercial customers, as well as industrial… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to May 31, 2026, Pure Cycle Corporation reported revenue of $33.73M, up 22.9% from a year earlier, and net income of $14.73M. Its operating margin was 37.7%, and operations generated $7.65M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $26.09M, down 9.3% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $13.11M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 08-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-05-31
Sales & profitability
$26.09MFY2025
−9.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $33.73M
29.40%FY2025
−13.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo 37.67%
$13.11MFY2025
+12.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $14.73M
9.18%FY2025
+0.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo 9.71%
Cash & financing
$13.16MFY2025
+495.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $7.65M
$12.30MFY2025
+601.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $6.54M
0.05FY2025
Was 0.05× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.09
24.2MFY2025
+0.1% year over year
Last 12 mo 24.2M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Pure Cycle Corporation does

In the company’s own words

Pure Cycle Corporation (Nasdaq: PCYO) provides wholesale water and wastewater services, develops land, and rents single-family homes in Colorado’s Denver metropolitan region. Its water and wastewater business supplies local governmental entities that serve residential and commercial customers, as well as industrial oil and gas operators; services include water production and delivery, wastewater collection and treatment, and reclaimed water for irrigation and industrial use. Land development centers on Sky Ranch, a master-planned community with residential, commercial, retail, and light industrial uses, where the company sells finished lots to homebuilders and provides water and wastewater infrastructure. Its single-family rental business retains homes at Sky Ranch for annual leases. The company reports three segments: water and wastewater services, land development, and single-family rentals. Sky Ranch, acquired in 2010, comprises approximately 930 acres and is zoned for up to 3,200 homes and more than two million square feet of commercial, retail, and light industrial development. As of August 31, 2025, Pure Cycle’s systems had capacity to serve approximately 2,500 residential equivalent units, and it owned and rented 14 homes. Its website is www.purecyclewater.com.

Company details
Sector
Utilities
Industry (SIC)
Electric, Gas & Water
Headquarters
WATKINS, CO
Fiscal year end
August
CIK
276720
SIC
4941

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2012–2025 · USD
$-28.81M$-11.76M$5.30M$22.36M$39.41M20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Pure Cycle Corporation — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

113
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$43.49M
held by funds, at market
16.7%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Pure Cycle Corporation’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Heartland Value Fund
HRTVX · HEARTLAND GROUP INC.
—of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Meridian Small Cap Growth Fund
MSGGX · Meridian Fund Inc
0.94%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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