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GWRS vs. WTRG, XIFR, NGL, EDN, NFE, OPAL, SMC, MNTK, PCYO, and RGCO

Should you be buying Global Water Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Water Resources include Essential Utilities (WTRG), XPLR Infrastructure (XIFR), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) (EDN), New Fortress Energy (NFE), OPAL Fuels (OPAL), Summit Midstream Partners (SMC), Montauk Renewables (MNTK), Pure Cycle (PCYO), and RGC Resources (RGCO). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Global Water Resources vs. Its Competitors

Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) and Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Essential Utilities has higher revenue and earnings than Global Water Resources. Essential Utilities 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
Essential Utilities$2.09B5.30$595.31M$2.3316.90
Global Water Resources$52.69M5.23$5.79M$0.2245.64

Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Water Resources has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Essential Utilities currently has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.72%. Given Essential Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Essential Utilities is more favorable than Global Water Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Essential Utilities
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Global Water Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.3% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Essential Utilities has a net margin of 27.62% compared to Global Water Resources' net margin of 10.27%. Essential Utilities' return on equity of 10.10% beat Global Water Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Essential Utilities27.62% 10.10% 3.56%
Global Water Resources 10.27%9.67%1.42%

In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 5 more articles in the media than Global Water Resources. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Essential Utilities and 8 mentions for Global Water Resources. Essential Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Global Water Resources' score of 0.55 indicating that Essential Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Essential Utilities
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Global Water Resources
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Global Water Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Essential Utilities pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Essential Utilities has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years and Global Water Resources has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Essential Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Essential Utilities beats Global Water Resources on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GWRS vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal Water ResourcesUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$275.80M$7.29B$16.59B$10.54B
Dividend Yield3.03%2.74%4.62%4.69%
P/E Ratio45.6418.2156.6226.71
Price / Sales5.234.3035.87203.04
Price / Cash12.5113.1119.3431.09
Price / Book5.102.312.256.57
Net Income$5.79M$420.94M$748.50M$276.78M
7 Day Performance-1.57%-0.58%5.99%1.96%
1 Month Performance2.66%-0.96%8.42%9.11%
1 Year Performance-18.37%-0.19%116.77%31.60%

Global Water Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.8452 of 5 stars
$10.04
+0.5%
N/A-18.4%$275.80M$52.69M45.6490Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.7759 of 5 stars
$39.11
+1.2%
$44.40
+13.5%
+3.0%$10.83B$2.09B16.793,291Analyst Downgrade
XIFR
XPLR Infrastructure
3.3738 of 5 stars
$10.30
+1.8%
$16.08
+56.2%
-58.0%$950M$1.23B-5.99N/AHigh Trading Volume
NGL
NGL Energy Partners
1.022 of 5 stars
$6.03
-3.1%
N/A+38.5%$795.21M$3.33B-14.71840Positive News
EDN
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)
2.1323 of 5 stars
$16.19
-2.5%
$36.00
+122.4%
-30.7%$752.36M$2.28T2.594,642Negative News
NFE
New Fortress Energy
3.0999 of 5 stars
$2.01
-4.7%
$7.88
+291.8%
-75.6%$600.41M$2.36B-0.52670Positive News
OPAL
OPAL Fuels
3.7746 of 5 stars
$2.34
-7.9%
$2.81
+20.2%
-35.4%$440.42M$329.93M39.00270High Trading Volume
SMC
Summit Midstream Partners
0.3191 of 5 stars
$21.75
-3.6%
N/A-40.8%$423.18M$429.62M-1.66244
MNTK
Montauk Renewables
1.9005 of 5 stars
$2.04
+1.0%
$3.33
+63.4%
-54.2%$287.36M$175.74M102.00130Analyst Upgrade
PCYO
Pure Cycle
N/A$10.98
flat
N/A+3.6%$264.34M$28.75M19.9640
RGCO
RGC Resources
3.7536 of 5 stars
$22.27
-2.0%
N/A+2.9%$234.61M$94.12M17.00100Dividend Announcement

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