CWCO vs. MSEX, YORW, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, AWR, CWT, SJW, GWRS, and PCYO
Should you be buying Consolidated Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Water include Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.
Consolidated Water vs. Its Competitors
Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) and Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Middlesex Water had 2 more articles in the media than Consolidated Water. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Middlesex Water and 2 mentions for Consolidated Water. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Consolidated Water's score of 0.95 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Consolidated Water has a net margin of 23.06% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 22.53%. Consolidated Water's return on equity of 12.98% beat Middlesex Water's return on equity.
Consolidated Water received 62 more outperform votes than Middlesex Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.73% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote.
Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Consolidated Water pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Middlesex Water pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Consolidated Water has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Middlesex Water has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Middlesex Water is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by company 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 Consolidated Water. Consolidated Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middlesex Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.77%. Given Middlesex Water's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Consolidated Water.
Summary
Middlesex Water beats Consolidated Water on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CWCO) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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