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American Water Works (AWK) Competitors

$128.25
-2.37 (-1.81%)
(As of 06/7/2024 ET)

AWK vs. CWT, AWR, SJW, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, CDZI, WTRG, and SBS

Should you be buying American Water Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Water Works include California Water Service Group (CWT), American States Water (AWR), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

American Water Works vs.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) and California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

American Water Works pays an annual dividend of $3.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. California Water Service Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. American Water Works pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. California Water Service Group pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

American Water Works has higher revenue and earnings than California Water Service Group. California Water Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Water Works, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Water Works$4.23B5.90$944M$4.9326.01
California Water Service Group$794.63M3.46$51.91M$2.5019.04

American Water Works currently has a consensus target price of $141.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.20%. California Water Service Group has a consensus target price of $54.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.99%. Given California Water Service Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe California Water Service Group is more favorable than American Water Works.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Water Works
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
California Water Service Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, American Water Works had 11 more articles in the media than California Water Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for American Water Works and 2 mentions for California Water Service Group. California Water Service Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat American Water Works' score of 1.26 indicating that California Water Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Water Works
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
California Water Service Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Water Works has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

86.6% of American Water Works shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of California Water Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Water Works shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of California Water Service Group shares are held by company 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.

American Water Works received 214 more outperform votes than California Water Service Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave American Water Works an outperform vote while only 53.79% of users gave California Water Service Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American Water WorksOutperform Votes
491
64.78%
Underperform Votes
267
35.22%
California Water Service GroupOutperform Votes
277
53.79%
Underperform Votes
238
46.21%

American Water Works has a net margin of 22.27% compared to California Water Service Group's net margin of 15.42%. California Water Service Group's return on equity of 10.09% beat American Water Works' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Water Works22.27% 9.74% 3.18%
California Water Service Group 15.42%10.09%3.31%

Summary

American Water Works beats California Water Service Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AWK vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Water WorksWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.99B$4.20B$11.87B$17.64B
Dividend Yield2.32%2.41%4.08%3.54%
P/E Ratio26.0122.2594.0425.39
Price / Sales5.909.7226.8514.08
Price / Cash15.5615.3717.9319.71
Price / Book2.552.581.884.99
Net Income$944M$191.74M$551.31M$975.33M
7 Day Performance-1.93%-3.22%-0.56%-1.87%
1 Month Performance-2.72%-3.32%1.37%-0.76%
1 Year Performance-12.80%-14.61%-0.40%8.57%

American Water Works Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.4533 of 5 stars
$47.59
-3.3%
$54.25
+14.0%
-17.6%$2.75B$794.63M19.041,266Positive News
AWR
American States Water
4.6792 of 5 stars
$70.73
-2.9%
$80.00
+13.1%
-23.4%$2.63B$595.70M23.11815Positive News
SJW
SJW Group
4.6216 of 5 stars
$52.70
-2.4%
$66.00
+25.2%
-30.8%$1.70B$670.36M19.81808News Coverage
Positive News
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.5735 of 5 stars
$52.58
-2.0%
$58.00
+10.3%
-37.1%$937.45M$168.64M26.03355News Coverage
Positive News
YORW
York Water
3.9004 of 5 stars
$36.25
-1.1%
N/A-19.4%$520.19M$71.03M21.32130Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.5375 of 5 stars
$26.04
+0.3%
$28.00
+7.5%
+20.2%$412.21M$180.21M0.00293Dividend Announcement
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
2.3683 of 5 stars
$34.13
-1.9%
N/A-32.2%$351.20M$98.86M20.08251High Trading Volume
CDZI
Cadiz
0.7249 of 5 stars
$2.96
-1.0%
N/A-41.5%$200.67M$2.98M-6.0418Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.6055 of 5 stars
$36.98
-1.9%
$43.00
+16.3%
-11.3%$10.11B$2.05B17.533,258Positive News
SBS
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
3.5889 of 5 stars
$13.89
-5.6%
N/A+28.1%$9.49B$5.12B13.1011,170Positive News
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This page (NYSE:AWK) was last updated on 6/8/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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