GWRS vs. ARTNA, PCYO, CWCO, YORW, MSEX, GNE, BROG, CNSL, CLNE, and SHEN
Should you be buying Global Water Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Water Resources include Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Consolidated Water (CWCO), York Water (YORW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Genie Energy (GNE), Brooge Energy (BROG), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) and Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Artesian Resources has a net margin of 16.89% compared to Global Water Resources' net margin of 15.05%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 13.64% beat Artesian Resources' return on equity.
27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Global Water Resources had 10 more articles in the media than Artesian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Global Water Resources and 0 mentions for Artesian Resources. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Artesian Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Artesian Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Global Water Resources. Artesian Resources 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.
Global Water Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Global Water Resources pays out 90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Artesian Resources pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artesian Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Global Water Resources received 113 more outperform votes than Artesian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.46% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Artesian Resources an outperform vote.
Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Global Water Resources beats Artesian Resources on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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