YORW vs. CWCO, ARTNA, MSEX, SJW, GWRS, PCYO, CLNE, CNSL, GNE, and SHEN
Should you be buying York Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of York Water include Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Middlesex Water (MSEX), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Genie Energy (GNE), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) and Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, York Water had 5 more articles in the media than Consolidated Water. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for York Water and 5 mentions for Consolidated Water. York Water's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Consolidated Water's score of 0.33 indicating that York Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.
York Water has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
York Water has a net margin of 33.35% compared to Consolidated Water's net margin of 16.42%. Consolidated Water's return on equity of 17.15% beat York Water's return on equity.
Consolidated Water received 89 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.
Consolidated Water has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.05%. Given Consolidated Water's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Consolidated Water is more favorable than York Water.
49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of York Water shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Consolidated Water shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Consolidated Water has higher revenue and earnings than York Water.
York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. York Water pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Consolidated Water beats York Water on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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