GWRS vs. NEP, AMPS, XIFR, NNE, SMC, NGL, MNTK, PCYO, OPAL, and RGCO
Should you be buying Global Water Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Water Resources include Nextera Energy Partners (NEP), Altus Power (AMPS), XPLR Infrastructure (XIFR), Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE), Summit Midstream (SMC), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Montauk Renewables (MNTK), Pure Cycle (PCYO), OPAL Fuels (OPAL), and RGC Resources (RGCO). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Global Water Resources vs.
Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) and Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Global Water Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Nextera Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Global Water Resources and 0 mentions for Nextera Energy Partners. Nextera Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Global Water Resources' score of 0.49 indicating that Nextera Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nextera Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share. Global Water Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Nextera Energy Partners pays out -3,670.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Water Resources pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Global Water Resources received 290 more outperform votes than Nextera Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.46% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Nextera Energy Partners an outperform vote.
Global Water Resources has a net margin of 12.52% compared to Nextera Energy Partners' net margin of -0.73%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 14.23% beat Nextera Energy Partners' return on equity.
66.0% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.3% of Global Water Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Global Water Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nextera Energy Partners. Nextera Energy Partners 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.
Nextera Energy Partners has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Water Resources has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nextera Energy Partners presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Nextera Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nextera Energy Partners is more favorable than Global Water Resources.
Summary
Global Water Resources beats Nextera Energy Partners on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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