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$2.73 +0.08 (+3.02%)
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CDZI vs. YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, AWK, AWR, CWT, SJW, MSEX, GWRS, and PCYO

Should you be buying Cadiz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadiz include 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), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

Cadiz vs.

York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) and Cadiz (NASDAQ:CDZI) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Cadiz has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 262.98%. Given Cadiz's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cadiz is more favorable than York Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
York Water
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Cadiz
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
York Water$75.79M6.20$23.76M$1.3723.81
Cadiz$9.61M23.48-$31.45M-$0.55-5.01

49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Cadiz shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of York Water shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Cadiz shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Cadiz had 1 more articles in the media than York Water. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cadiz and 2 mentions for York Water. York Water's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Cadiz's score of -0.13 indicating that York Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
York Water
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Cadiz
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

York Water has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadiz has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

York Water has a net margin of 28.57% compared to Cadiz's net margin of -528.15%. York Water's return on equity of 9.44% beat Cadiz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
York Water28.57% 9.44% 3.50%
Cadiz -528.15%-93.78%-25.26%

Cadiz received 5 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Cadiz an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
York WaterOutperform Votes
208
57.14%
Underperform Votes
156
42.86%
CadizOutperform Votes
213
66.98%
Underperform Votes
105
33.02%

Summary

Cadiz beats York Water on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CDZI vs. The Competition

MetricCadizWater supply IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$225.98M$5.10B$17.55B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.61%3.07%4.11%
P/E Ratio-5.4120.8516.3019.75
Price / Sales23.486.164.25118.67
Price / CashN/A13.9616.3934.62
Price / Book4.592.646.154.50
Net Income-$31.45M$209.66M$737.42M$248.32M
7 Day Performance-6.61%0.14%-0.65%0.48%
1 Month Performance2.42%-2.14%3.04%13.08%
1 Year Performance-12.26%-1.35%-2.74%7.36%

Cadiz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDZI
Cadiz
3.7615 of 5 stars
$2.73
+3.0%
$10.00
+266.3%
-13.1%$223.52M$9.61M-5.3510Positive News
YORW
York Water
3.0663 of 5 stars
$33.46
+1.7%
N/A-13.8%$481.82M$75.79M22.61110Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.3126 of 5 stars
$26.94
+1.7%
N/A-9.8%$428.80M$127.99M16.63200Analyst Upgrade
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.1825 of 5 stars
$34.10
+0.5%
N/A-13.7%$351.50M$109.29M17.49240Positive News
AWK
American Water Works
4.2375 of 5 stars
$143.59
+0.7%
$143.22
-0.3%
+6.0%$28.00B$4.82B26.646,500Trending News
Analyst Revision
AWR
American States Water
3.7727 of 5 stars
$80.18
+0.8%
$77.50
-3.3%
+1.8%$3.09B$608.22M25.29810News Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.8411 of 5 stars
$48.15
+0.9%
$58.00
+20.5%
-10.7%$2.87B$970.03M13.921,180Analyst Revision
SJW
SJW Group
3.6543 of 5 stars
N/A$57.50
+∞
N/A$1.88B$766.66M17.93760Analyst Forecast
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.5099 of 5 stars
$59.12
+1.2%
$61.00
+3.2%
+1.0%$1.06B$195.65M25.70350Positive News
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GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.786 of 5 stars
$10.48
+0.6%
N/A-20.3%$287.69M$52.69M38.8190News Coverage
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PCYO
Pure Cycle
0.607 of 5 stars
$10.95
+0.9%
N/A+14.6%$263.63M$29.91M19.9140

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This page (NASDAQ:CDZI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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