Aris Water Solutions (ARIS) Competitors

Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) and Aris Water Solutions (NYSE:ARIS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is WTTR or ARIS a better dividend stock?

Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Aris Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Select Water Solutions pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aris Water Solutions pays out 60.0% 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. Select Water Solutions has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Select Water Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate WTTR or ARIS?

Select Water Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $10.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.81%. Aris Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $12.25, suggesting a potential downside of 16.33%. Given Aris Water Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Aris Water Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Aris Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WTTR or ARIS?

Select Water Solutions received 300 more outperform votes than Aris Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Aris Water Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 319 66.74%	Underperform Votes 159 33.26%
Aris Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 19 57.58%	Underperform Votes 14 42.42%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WTTR or ARIS?

81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, WTTR or ARIS?

Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aris Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WTTR or ARIS?

In the previous week, Select Water Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than Aris Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Select Water Solutions and 11 mentions for Aris Water Solutions. Select Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Aris Water Solutions' score of 0.52 indicating that Aris Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Select Water Solutions	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aris Water Solutions	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WTTR or ARIS more profitable?

Aris Water Solutions has a net margin of 4.82% compared to Aris Water Solutions' net margin of 4.28%. Aris Water Solutions' return on equity of 7.46% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Water Solutions	4.28%	7.46%	5.34%
Aris Water Solutions	4.82%	4.06%	2.05%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WTTR or ARIS?

Select Water Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Aris Water Solutions. Select Water Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aris Water Solutions, 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
Select Water Solutions	$1.59B	0.68	$74.40M	$0.65	14.09
Aris Water Solutions	$392.12M	2.16	$18.89M	$0.60	24.40

Summary

Select Water Solutions beats Aris Water Solutions on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.