CWCO vs. GWRS, WTRG, HTO, MSEX, YORW, CDZI, ARTNA, 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), Cadiz (CDZI), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), and California Water Service Group (CWT).
Consolidated Water vs. Its Competitors
Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) and Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
Consolidated Water has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Global Water Resources' net margin of 10.27%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 9.67% beat Consolidated Water's return on equity.
Global Water Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Global Water Resources pays out 136.4% 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 pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Water Resources has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Consolidated Water has increased its dividend for 2 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 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.
Global Water Resources has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Consolidated Water had 4 more articles in the media than Global Water Resources. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Consolidated Water and 2 mentions for Global Water Resources. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Consolidated Water's score of 0.85 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are held by institutional investors. 54.3% of Global Water Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Consolidated Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Consolidated Water has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.07%. Given Consolidated Water's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Consolidated Water is more favorable than Global Water Resources.
Summary
Consolidated Water beats Global Water Resources on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CWCO) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
