CWCO vs. ARTNA, YORW, MSEX, GWRS, PCYO, GNE, CNSL, CLNE, SHEN, and BROG
Should you be buying Consolidated Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Water include Artesian Resources (ARTNA), York Water (YORW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Genie Energy (GNE), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), and Brooge Energy (BROG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) and Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Consolidated Water had 3 more articles in the media than Artesian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Consolidated Water and 0 mentions for Artesian Resources. Consolidated Water's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Artesian Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Consolidated Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Artesian Resources pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Consolidated Water currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.63%. Given Consolidated Water's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Consolidated Water is more favorable than Artesian Resources.
Consolidated Water received 120 more outperform votes than Artesian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Artesian Resources an outperform vote.
Consolidated Water has higher revenue and earnings than Artesian Resources.
55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Artesian Resources has a net margin of 16.89% compared to Consolidated Water's net margin of 16.42%. Consolidated Water's return on equity of 17.15% beat Artesian Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Consolidated Water beats Artesian Resources on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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