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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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.

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%

York Water has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadiz has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

49.9% of York Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Cadiz shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of York Water shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Cadiz shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

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$74.96M6.74$23.76M$1.4224.72
Cadiz$9.61M24.77-$31.45M-$0.53-5.49

Cadiz has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 243.64%. Given Cadiz's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

In the previous week, York Water had 1 more articles in the media than Cadiz. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for York Water and 4 mentions for Cadiz. Cadiz's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat York Water's score of 1.35 indicating that Cadiz is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$237.99M$4.96B$17.25B$8.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.47%2.92%4.22%
P/E Ratio-5.7121.1915.6018.82
Price / Sales24.776.084.13106.68
Price / CashN/A13.5216.3934.62
Price / Book4.852.606.284.33
Net Income-$31.45M$200.07M$731.54M$247.85M
7 Day Performance1.75%0.48%1.45%2.73%
1 Month Performance-1.36%1.30%-0.25%3.38%
1 Year Performance21.76%4.58%-2.57%5.82%

Cadiz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDZI
Cadiz
3.7777 of 5 stars
$2.91
+2.1%
$10.00
+243.6%
+26.7%$237.99M$9.61M-5.7110News Coverage
Positive News
YORW
York Water
3.884 of 5 stars
$34.58
-0.6%
N/A-3.2%$497.57M$74.96M23.37110Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
4.5457 of 5 stars
$23.28
-1.4%
N/A-10.2%$370.55M$133.97M14.37200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
2.8958 of 5 stars
$34.13
-0.6%
N/A-1.8%$351.64M$107.95M17.50240Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
AWK
American Water Works
3.8448 of 5 stars
$144.19
+0.2%
$142.00
-1.5%
+17.1%$28.12B$4.68B26.756,500Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AWR
American States Water
3.6569 of 5 stars
$78.92
+0.3%
$74.00
-6.2%
+11.5%$3.04B$595.46M24.90810Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.8057 of 5 stars
$49.56
-0.4%
$54.50
+10.0%
+0.9%$2.95B$1.04B14.321,180Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SJW
SJW Group
2.5968 of 5 stars
$53.51
-0.5%
$56.00
+4.7%
+2.5%$1.83B$748.44M19.39760Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.1441 of 5 stars
$61.45
+0.0%
$58.50
-4.8%
+20.8%$1.10B$191.88M26.72350Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Down
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.1612 of 5 stars
$10.40
+0.5%
N/A-17.2%$281.07M$52.69M38.5290Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
PCYO
Pure Cycle
1.7329 of 5 stars
$10.00
-0.6%
N/A+4.5%$240.76M$29.91M18.1840Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:CDZI) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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