Cadiz (CDZI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SJW or CDZI?

SJW Group received 178 more outperform votes than Cadiz when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.09% of users gave Cadiz an outperform vote while only 61.13% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SJW Group	Outperform Votes 390 61.13%	Underperform Votes 248 38.87%
Cadiz	Outperform Votes 212 67.09%	Underperform Votes 104 32.91%

Which has better valuation & earnings, SJW or CDZI?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SJW Group	$670.36M	2.35	$84.99M	$2.76	17.47
Cadiz	$1.99M	205.89	-$31.45M	-$0.51	-10.69

Is SJW or CDZI more profitable?

SJW Group has a net margin of 12.47% compared to Cadiz's net margin of -528.15%. SJW Group's return on equity of 7.16% beat Cadiz's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SJW Group	12.47%	7.16%	2.05%
Cadiz	-528.15%	-93.78%	-25.26%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SJW or CDZI?

84.3% of SJW Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Cadiz shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of SJW Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Cadiz shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to SJW or CDZI?

In the previous week, SJW Group had 7 more articles in the media than Cadiz. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SJW Group and 5 mentions for Cadiz. Cadiz's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat SJW Group's score of 0.82 indicating that Cadiz is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SJW Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cadiz	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, SJW or CDZI?

SJW Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadiz has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SJW or CDZI?

SJW Group presently has a consensus target price of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.36%. Given SJW Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SJW Group is more favorable than Cadiz.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SJW Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cadiz	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

SJW Group beats Cadiz on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.