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CWCO vs. GWRS, WTRG, HTO, MSEX, YORW, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, AWR, and CWT

Should you be buying Consolidated Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Water include Global Water Resources (GWRS), Essential Utilities (WTRG), H2O America (HTO), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), and California Water Service Group (CWT).

Consolidated Water vs. Its Competitors

Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) and Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Water Resources has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Global Water Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Consolidated Water pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Water Resources pays out 130.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Consolidated Water has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Global Water Resources has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Global Water Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Consolidated Water has a net margin of 20.75% compared to Global Water Resources' net margin of 10.63%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 11.27% beat Consolidated Water's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Consolidated Water20.75% 7.43% 6.61%
Global Water Resources 10.63%11.27%1.52%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Consolidated Water$133.97M3.51$28.24M$1.6218.25
Global Water Resources$53.54M5.23$5.79M$0.2344.39

55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.3% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Global Water Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Consolidated Water. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Global Water Resources and 2 mentions for Consolidated Water. Consolidated Water's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Global Water Resources' score of 0.12 indicating that Consolidated Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Consolidated Water
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Global Water Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Consolidated Water and Global Water Resources tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CWCO vs. The Competition

MetricConsolidated WaterUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$470.91M$7.10B$16.76B$9.52B
Dividend Yield1.88%2.68%5.28%3.99%
P/E Ratio18.2617.8720.2820.02
Price / Sales3.514.33201.53104.32
Price / Cash19.2012.8419.1158.97
Price / Book2.172.242.165.90
Net Income$28.24M$420.94M$751.46M$258.50M
7 Day Performance0.51%-0.92%0.74%2.12%
1 Month Performance0.10%-1.69%26.01%12.62%
1 Year Performance3.21%-6.75%204.08%19.25%

Consolidated Water Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.4333 of 5 stars
$29.56
-0.5%
N/A+4.6%$470.91M$133.97M18.26200Positive News
GWRS
Global Water Resources
1.7992 of 5 stars
$10.11
-0.3%
N/A-21.1%$278.35M$52.69M43.9690
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8351 of 5 stars
$37.43
+0.1%
$43.50
+16.2%
-9.5%$10.48B$2.09B16.783,291News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HTO
H2O America
3.5849 of 5 stars
$50.78
+1.1%
$57.50
+13.2%
-16.5%$1.72B$748.44M16.31760Positive News
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.8917 of 5 stars
$54.28
+0.1%
$61.00
+12.4%
-18.7%$971.81M$191.88M22.50350News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
YORW
York Water
3.8114 of 5 stars
$31.04
-0.4%
N/A-24.7%$449M$74.96M22.76110Upcoming Earnings
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.6715 of 5 stars
$33.51
+0.7%
N/A-15.9%$343.05M$107.95M16.11240Positive News
CDZI
Cadiz
3.5012 of 5 stars
$2.95
-2.0%
$10.00
+239.0%
-19.0%$246.45M$9.61M-5.3610Negative News
AWK
American Water Works
4.0961 of 5 stars
$142.76
-0.1%
$141.67
-0.8%
-1.3%$27.87B$4.68B26.006,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AWR
American States Water
3.8149 of 5 stars
$75.19
-0.6%
$77.50
+3.1%
-8.6%$2.91B$595.46M23.14810
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.9526 of 5 stars
$45.29
+0.4%
$58.00
+28.1%
-13.8%$2.69B$1.04B19.861,278News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:CWCO) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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