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CDZI vs. MSEX, CWCO, YORW, ARTNA, AWK, AWR, CWT, HTO, AVO, and AGRO

Should you be buying Cadiz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadiz include Middlesex Water (MSEX), Consolidated Water (CWCO), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), H2O America (HTO), Mission Produce (AVO), and Adecoagro (AGRO).

Cadiz vs. Its Competitors

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

Cadiz has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

79.8% of Cadiz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cadiz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Middlesex Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$15.05M29.99-$31.14M-$0.51-10.79
Middlesex Water$195.83M5.40$44.35M$2.4224.25

Cadiz currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.65%. Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.96%. Given Cadiz's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cadiz is more favorable than Middlesex Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cadiz
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Middlesex Water
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Cadiz and Cadiz both had 2 articles in the media. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Cadiz's score of 0.83 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Middlesex Water has a net margin of 22.15% compared to Cadiz's net margin of -217.49%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.67% beat Cadiz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cadiz-217.49% -97.55% -24.76%
Middlesex Water 22.15%9.67%3.42%

Summary

Middlesex Water beats Cadiz on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CDZI vs. The Competition

MetricCadizAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$452.50M$2.59B$15.84B$10.45B
Dividend YieldN/A3.95%3.24%4.78%
P/E Ratio-10.8210.4917.5527.10
Price / Sales29.995.8647.50176.64
Price / CashN/A7.4814.4761.86
Price / Book12.233.097.196.66
Net Income-$31.14M$118.20M$678.09M$276.79M
7 Day Performance1.57%2.37%0.42%-1.40%
1 Month Performance37.28%1.67%-0.22%5.64%
1 Year Performance77.58%-25.30%-0.19%37.04%

Cadiz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDZI
Cadiz
3.714 of 5 stars
$5.51
-5.9%
$10.00
+81.7%
+96.3%$452.50M$15.05M-10.8210
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.085 of 5 stars
$54.14
+1.1%
$61.00
+12.7%
-10.4%$965.17M$195.83M22.37350
CWCO
Consolidated Water
4.5344 of 5 stars
$33.50
+0.1%
$40.00
+19.4%
+39.7%$532.91M$133.97M20.68200
YORW
York Water
3.291 of 5 stars
$30.22
+0.5%
N/A-16.4%$433.64M$74.96M22.06110
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.0718 of 5 stars
$32.30
+1.2%
N/A-7.5%$329.02M$110.43M14.88240
AWK
American Water Works
4.6537 of 5 stars
$138.91
+0.8%
$143.57
+3.4%
+0.9%$26.87B$4.68B25.036,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AWR
American States Water
3.7475 of 5 stars
$70.68
-0.1%
$77.50
+9.7%
-12.3%$2.72B$595.46M21.61810
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.574 of 5 stars
$45.48
+0.2%
$56.00
+23.1%
-10.5%$2.70B$1.04B19.861,278
HTO
H2O America
4.1286 of 5 stars
$47.10
-0.1%
$56.50
+20.0%
-17.6%$1.66B$748.44M15.44760News Coverage
AVO
Mission Produce
4.5726 of 5 stars
$11.73
-3.3%
$17.00
+44.9%
-2.1%$856.61M$1.23B21.723,100
AGRO
Adecoagro
2.9049 of 5 stars
$7.83
+0.5%
$9.60
+22.6%
-31.8%$778.95M$1.55B22.3710,320

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This page (NASDAQ:CDZI) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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