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CDZI vs. MSEX, YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, AWK, AWR, CWT, SJW, GWRS, and PCYO

Should you be buying Cadiz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadiz include Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

Cadiz vs. Its Competitors

Cadiz (NASDAQ:CDZI) and Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Middlesex Water has a net margin of 22.53% compared to Cadiz's net margin of -528.15%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat Cadiz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cadiz-528.15% -93.78% -25.26%
Middlesex Water 22.53%9.58%3.31%

Middlesex Water received 22 more outperform votes than Cadiz when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.56% of users gave Cadiz an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CadizOutperform Votes
213
66.56%
Underperform Votes
107
33.44%
Middlesex WaterOutperform Votes
235
59.49%
Underperform Votes
160
40.51%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cadiz$11.44M20.25-$31.45M-$0.55-5.15
Middlesex Water$195.65M5.24$31.52M$2.4123.75

79.8% of Cadiz shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cadiz shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cadiz presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 253.36%. Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.57%. Given Cadiz's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cadiz is more favorable than Middlesex Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cadiz
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Middlesex Water
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, Middlesex Water had 2 more articles in the media than Cadiz. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Middlesex Water and 1 mentions for Cadiz. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Cadiz's score of 0.94 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cadiz Positive
Middlesex Water Very Positive

Cadiz has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Middlesex Water beats Cadiz on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CDZI vs. The Competition

MetricCadizWater supply IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$229.66M$5.13B$17.52B$8.54B
Dividend YieldN/A2.59%3.06%4.17%
P/E Ratio-5.5021.0316.3619.77
Price / Sales20.255.8943.32152.70
Price / CashN/A13.9616.3934.64
Price / Book4.722.676.144.63
Net Income-$31.45M$209.66M$734.57M$248.14M
7 Day Performance-10.44%1.05%0.20%-0.46%
1 Month Performance-10.73%2.12%-0.54%4.16%
1 Year Performance-9.29%5.39%2.45%13.35%

Cadiz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDZI
Cadiz
3.6471 of 5 stars
$2.83
flat
$10.00
+253.4%
-9.3%$229.66M$11.44M-5.5010Positive News
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.6032 of 5 stars
$57.20
-1.3%
$61.00
+6.6%
+9.8%$1.03B$195.65M24.87350Positive News
YORW
York Water
3.3855 of 5 stars
$32.45
-0.6%
N/A-9.5%$467.28M$75.79M21.93110
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.5462 of 5 stars
$27.17
+0.5%
N/A+11.0%$432.47M$127.99M16.77200Positive News
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ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.0069 of 5 stars
$34.34
-0.4%
N/A-0.2%$353.98M$109.29M17.61240Positive News
AWK
American Water Works
4.0118 of 5 stars
$142.34
-0.4%
$143.22
+0.6%
+10.3%$27.76B$4.82B26.416,500
AWR
American States Water
3.7354 of 5 stars
$78.58
-0.4%
$77.50
-1.4%
+11.4%$3.03B$608.22M24.79810Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.8303 of 5 stars
$46.83
-0.9%
$58.00
+23.9%
-2.4%$2.79B$970.03M13.531,180
SJW
SJW Group
3.8284 of 5 stars
N/A$57.50
+∞
N/A$1.88B$766.66M17.93760
GWRS
Global Water Resources
3.4638 of 5 stars
$10.00
-1.5%
N/A-14.2%$274.51M$53.54M37.0490Positive News
PCYO
Pure Cycle
1.2184 of 5 stars
$10.46
-1.5%
N/A+12.1%$251.84M$29.91M19.0240Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CDZI) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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