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

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), SJW Group (SJW), Adecoagro (AGRO), and Mission Produce (AVO).

Cadiz vs. Its Competitors

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

Middlesex Water has a net margin of 22.05% compared to Cadiz's net margin of -296.15%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.76% beat Cadiz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cadiz-296.15% -107.34% -26.54%
Middlesex Water 22.05%9.76%3.43%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Middlesex Water shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments 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$9.61M25.73-$31.14M-$0.55-5.49
Middlesex Water$191.88M5.19$44.35M$2.4123.07

In the previous week, Cadiz had 1 more articles in the media than Middlesex Water. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cadiz and 0 mentions for Middlesex Water. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Cadiz's score of 0.00 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cadiz Neutral
Middlesex Water Positive

Cadiz currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 231.13%. Middlesex Water has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Cadiz's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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

Cadiz has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Middlesex Water beats Cadiz on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CDZI vs. The Competition

MetricCadizAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$242.35M$2.87B$16.18B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A3.52%3.13%4.04%
P/E Ratio-5.4913.1619.9120.16
Price / Sales25.734.2947.89174.36
Price / CashN/A8.3714.6757.97
Price / Book6.712.916.115.62
Net Income-$31.14M$126.43M$680.31M$248.50M
7 Day Performance-4.73%-0.80%-1.05%4.49%
1 Month Performance1.00%-4.08%-0.93%7.03%
1 Year Performance-4.13%-15.14%5.26%21.07%

Cadiz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDZI
Cadiz
3.6127 of 5 stars
$3.02
+2.0%
$10.00
+231.1%
-3.2%$242.35M$9.61M-5.4910
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.7193 of 5 stars
$54.18
-0.6%
$61.00
+12.6%
+3.5%$976.83M$191.88M22.48350
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.5414 of 5 stars
$30.02
+0.6%
N/A+21.3%$474.80M$133.97M18.53200High Trading Volume
YORW
York Water
2.9057 of 5 stars
$31.60
-0.8%
N/A-12.3%$458.51M$74.96M23.07110High Trading Volume
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.7676 of 5 stars
$33.56
-0.4%
N/A-10.0%$347.49M$107.95M16.13240
AWK
American Water Works
4.2169 of 5 stars
$139.15
+0.9%
$143.22
+2.9%
+8.5%$26.90B$4.68B25.356,700Positive News
AWR
American States Water
4.1262 of 5 stars
$76.57
+0.2%
$77.50
+1.2%
+6.5%$2.94B$595.46M23.56810Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.8521 of 5 stars
$45.48
+0.0%
$58.00
+27.5%
-4.6%$2.71B$1.04B19.951,278Positive News
SJW
SJW Group
3.9217 of 5 stars
N/A$57.50
+∞
N/A$1.88B$766.66M17.93760
AGRO
Adecoagro
2.8208 of 5 stars
$9.15
+1.0%
$10.55
+15.3%
-6.6%$905.94M$1.52B14.7610,320
AVO
Mission Produce
4.5552 of 5 stars
$11.72
-1.1%
$15.50
+32.3%
+24.5%$836.83M$1.23B23.443,100

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This page (NASDAQ:CDZI) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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