Global Water Resources (GWRS) Competitors

Pure Cycle (NASDAQ:PCYO) and Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer PCYO or GWRS?

In the previous week, Pure Cycle had 1 more articles in the media than Global Water Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pure Cycle and 4 mentions for Global Water Resources. Pure Cycle's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Global Water Resources' score of 0.94 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pure Cycle	Positive
Global Water Resources	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend PCYO or GWRS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pure Cycle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Global Water Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation & earnings, PCYO or GWRS?

Global Water Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Pure Cycle. Pure Cycle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Water Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pure Cycle	$14.59M	15.42	$4.70M	$0.27	34.59
Global Water Resources	$53.03M	5.76	$7.98M	$0.26	48.58

Is PCYO or GWRS more profitable?

Pure Cycle has a net margin of 34.68% compared to Pure Cycle's net margin of 12.05%. Pure Cycle's return on equity of 13.32% beat Global Water Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pure Cycle	34.68%	5.49%	4.89%
Global Water Resources	12.05%	13.32%	1.77%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PCYO or GWRS?

51.4% of Pure Cycle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Pure Cycle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.0% of Global Water Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PCYO or GWRS?

Global Water Resources received 109 more outperform votes than Pure Cycle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.79% of users gave Pure Cycle an outperform vote while only 65.46% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pure Cycle	Outperform Votes 181 67.79%	Underperform Votes 86 32.21%
Global Water Resources	Outperform Votes 290 65.46%	Underperform Votes 153 34.54%

Which has more volatility and risk, PCYO or GWRS?

Pure Cycle has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Global Water Resources beats Pure Cycle on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.