Compare Stocks: GWRS, WTRG, YORW, and CWCO

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CWCO Consolidated Water	$29.75 -1.2%	$29.66	$28.17 ▼ $39.12	$476.39M	0.51	114,450 shs	63,192 shs
GWRS Global Water Resources	$9.13 -0.4%	$7.61	$6.55 ▼ $11.17	$262.94M	0.91	96,287 shs	87,281 shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$41.06 +1.3%	$39.37	$36.10 ▼ $42.37	$11.65B	0.64	2.20 million shs	2.85 million shs
YORW York Water	$34.12 +1.2%	$31.58	$28.26 ▼ $34.81	$553.77M	0.6	137,778 shs	136,718 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CWCO Consolidated Water	+0.20%	+2.07%	-0.50%	-0.27%	-9.83%
GWRS Global Water Resources	-1.19%	+3.38%	+22.76%	+25.79%	-5.07%
WTRG Essential Utilities	-0.63%	+0.13%	-0.40%	+9.69%	+1.72%
YORW York Water	-1.40%	-1.43%	+5.64%	+12.74%	+7.80%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CWCO Consolidated Water	$29.75 -1.2%	$29.66	$28.17 ▼ $39.12	$476.39M	0.51	114,450 shs	63,192 shs
GWRS Global Water Resources	$9.13 -0.4%	$7.61	$6.55 ▼ $11.17	$262.94M	0.91	96,287 shs	87,281 shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$41.06 +1.3%	$39.37	$36.10 ▼ $42.37	$11.65B	0.64	2.20 million shs	2.85 million shs
YORW York Water	$34.12 +1.2%	$31.58	$28.26 ▼ $34.81	$553.77M	0.6	137,778 shs	136,718 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CWCO Consolidated Water	+0.20%	+2.07%	-0.50%	-0.27%	-9.83%
GWRS Global Water Resources	-1.19%	+3.38%	+22.76%	+25.79%	-5.07%
WTRG Essential Utilities	-0.63%	+0.13%	-0.40%	+9.69%	+1.72%
YORW York Water	-1.40%	-1.43%	+5.64%	+12.74%	+7.80%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CWCO Consolidated Water	1.50	Reduce	N/A	N/A
GWRS Global Water Resources	1.50	Reduce	$15.00	64.29% Upside
WTRG Essential Utilities	2.56	Moderate Buy	$43.00	4.72% Upside
YORW York Water	2.00	Hold	$31.00	-9.14% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest GWRS, WTRG, YORW, and CWCO Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/19/2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/17/2026	GWRS Global Water Resources	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D+)
8/10/2026	YORW York Water	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$31.00
8/3/2026	YORW York Water	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Hold (C)
7/15/2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$38.00 ➝ $40.00
7/7/2026	CWCO Consolidated Water	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
7/2/2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$43.00 ➝ $46.00
6/17/2026	YORW York Water	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C-)
5/29/2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$41.00 ➝ $43.00

(Data available from 8/28/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CWCO Consolidated Water	$127.61M	3.73	$1.63 per share	18.24	$14.42 per share	2.06
GWRS Global Water Resources	$55.76M	4.72	$0.65 per share	14.02	$2.95 per share	3.09
WTRG Essential Utilities	$2.47B	4.71	$3.68 per share	11.16	$24.73 per share	1.66
YORW York Water	$77.49M	7.15	$2.37 per share	14.39	$18.13 per share	1.88

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CWCO Consolidated Water	$18.34M	$0.83	35.84	21.56	N/A	12.66%	7.23%	6.36%	11/9/2026 (Estimated)
GWRS Global Water Resources	$2.96M	$0.11	83.01	70.23	N/A	5.22%	3.05%	0.54%	11/11/2026 (Estimated)
WTRG Essential Utilities	$616.37M	$1.96	20.95	16.90	N/A	21.60%	8.23%	2.91%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
YORW York Water	$20.06M	$1.61	21.19	N/A	N/A	28.53%	9.38%	3.47%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)

Latest GWRS, WTRG, YORW, and CWCO Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/13/2026	Q2 2026	GWRS Global Water Resources	$0.03	$0.04	+$0.01	$0.10	$14.93 million	$17.77 million
8/10/2026	Q2 2026	CWCO Consolidated Water	$0.20	$0.25	+$0.05	$0.24	$30.60 million	$32.87 million
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	YORW York Water	$0.3950	$0.49	+$0.0950	$0.49	$22.19 million	$23.52 million
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	$0.3713	$0.38	+$0.0087	$0.37	$538.90 million	$530.85 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CWCO Consolidated Water	$0.56	1.88%	+8.02%	67.47%	2 Years
GWRS Global Water Resources	$0.30	3.29%	-10.76%	272.73%	8 Years
WTRG Essential Utilities	$1.44	3.51%	+6.68%	73.47%	32 Years
YORW York Water	$0.91	2.67%	+4.04%	56.52%	27 Years

Latest GWRS, WTRG, YORW, and CWCO Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/18/2026	CWCO Consolidated Water	quarterly	$0.14	1.9%	10/1/2026	10/1/2026	10/30/2026
8/17/2026	YORW York Water	quarterly	$0.2280	2.73%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/15/2026
7/29/2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	quarterly	$0.3606	3.6%	8/11/2026	8/11/2026	9/1/2026
7/31/2026	GWRS Global Water Resources	monthly	$0.0253	3.42%	8/17/2026	8/17/2026	8/31/2026
6/2/2026	CWCO Consolidated Water	quarterly	$0.14	1.9%	7/1/2026	7/1/2026	7/31/2026
6/30/2026	GWRS Global Water Resources	monthly	$0.0253	4.3%	7/17/2026	7/17/2026	7/31/2026
5/29/2026	GWRS Global Water Resources	monthly	$0.0253	4.52%	6/15/2026	6/15/2026	6/30/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CWCO Consolidated Water	N/A	5.95	5.81
GWRS Global Water Resources	1.62	0.68	0.68
WTRG Essential Utilities	1.20	0.78	0.62
YORW York Water	0.64	1.05	0.88

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CWCO Consolidated Water	55.16%
GWRS Global Water Resources	27.91%
WTRG Essential Utilities	74.78%
YORW York Water	49.86%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CWCO Consolidated Water	5.81%
GWRS Global Water Resources	53.70%
WTRG Essential Utilities	0.36%
YORW York Water	0.50%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CWCO Consolidated Water	200	16.01 million	15.08 million	Optionable
GWRS Global Water Resources	90	28.80 million	13.33 million	Optionable
WTRG Essential Utilities	3,303	283.78 million	282.76 million	Optionable
YORW York Water	110	16.23 million	16.15 million	Optionable

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Recent News About These Companies

York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) Regulated Utility Strategy Evolves

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Insider Selling: York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) CEO Sells 8,000 Shares

August 18, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Joseph Thomas Hand Sells 8,000 Shares of York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) Stock

August 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) Share Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

August 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.09 EPS

August 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

York Water Q2 revenue rises to $23.5 million

August 6, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

York Water Company Reports Higher Second-Quarter and First-Half 2026 Revenue and Net Income

August 6, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

The York Water Company Reports 2nd Quarter and Six Months Earnings

August 6, 2026 | globenewswire.com

The York Water Company $YORW Position Boosted by Renaissance Technologies LLC

August 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership Acquires 86,917 Shares of The York Water Company $YORW

August 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) Share Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - What's Next?

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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York Water: A 210-Year Dividend Record Is Not Enough

June 24, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

York Water: Buy This Dividend Fortress On Sale Now

June 24, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Solid Earnings May Not Tell The Whole Story For York Water (NASDAQ:YORW)

May 18, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

York Water (YORW) price target decreased by 11.76% to 30.60

May 14, 2026 | msn.com

Results: The York Water Company Exceeded Expectations And The Consensus Has Updated Its Estimates

May 8, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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GWRS, WTRG, YORW, and CWCO Company Descriptions

Consolidated Water NASDAQ:CWCO

$29.75 -0.35 (-1.16%)

As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, constructs, manages, and operates water production and water treatment plants primarily in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, and the United States. The company operates through four segments: Retail, Bulk, Services, and Manufacturing. The company produces potable water from seawater utilizing reverse osmosis technology and supply water to end-users, including residential, commercial, and government customers, as well as government-owned distributors. It offers design, engineering, construction, procurement, and management services for desalination projects and water treatment plants, as well as management and engineering services relating to municipal water distribution and treatment. In addition, the company manufactures and services a range of water-related products, including reverse osmosis desalination equipment, membrane separation equipment, filtration equipment, piping systems, vessels, and custom fabricated components; and provides design, engineering, consulting, management, inspection, training, and equipment maintenance services for commercial, municipal, and industrial water production, supply, and treatment, as well as desalination and wastewater treatment. Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.

Global Water Resources NASDAQ:GWRS

$9.13 -0.04 (-0.44%)

As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Global Water Resources, Inc., a water resource management company, owns, operates, and manages regulated water, wastewater, and recycled water systems primarily in metropolitan Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. It serves approximately 82,000 people in approximately 32,000 homes. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Essential Utilities NYSE:WTRG

$41.06 +0.51 (+1.26%)

As of 03:58 PM Eastern

Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas segments. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. In addition, the company provides utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households. It serves approximately 5.5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

York Water NASDAQ:YORW

$34.12 +0.41 (+1.22%)

As of 04:00 PM Eastern

The York Water Company impounds, purifies, and distributes drinking water. It owns and operates three wastewater collection systems; ten wastewater collection and treatment systems; and two reservoirs, including Lake Williams and Lake Redman, which hold approximately 2.2 billion gallons of water. The company also operates a 15-mile pipeline from the Susquehanna River to Lake Redman; and owns satellite groundwater systems in York, Adams, and Lancaster Counties, as well as two impounding dams on primary system located in York and Springfield Townships. It serves customers in the fixtures and furniture, electrical machinery, food products, paper, ordnance units, textile products, air conditioning systems, laundry detergents, barbells, and motorcycle industries in 56 municipalities within four counties in south-central Pennsylvania. The York Water Company was incorporated in 1816 and is based in York, Pennsylvania.

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