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Global Water Resources (GWRS) Competitors

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GWRS vs. WTRG, XIFR, NGL, EDN, NFE, SMC, OPAL, 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), Summit Midstream Partners (SMC), OPAL Fuels (OPAL), 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Global Water Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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.

Essential Utilities presently has a consensus price target of $45.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.39%. Given Essential Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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

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%

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$2.09B5.45$595.31M$2.3317.40
Global Water Resources$52.69M5.70$5.79M$0.2249.66

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

In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 7 more articles in the media than Global Water Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Essential Utilities and 4 mentions for Global Water Resources. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Essential Utilities' score of 1.01 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.3% of Global Water Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Essential Utilities beats Global Water Resources on 14 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$300.11M$7.38B$16.84B$10.53B
Dividend Yield2.87%2.68%4.66%4.80%
P/E Ratio49.6619.0957.6727.54
Price / Sales5.704.4734.07198.23
Price / Cash13.1913.3019.2261.53
Price / Book5.552.412.306.84
Net Income$5.79M$420.94M$748.50M$276.59M
7 Day Performance1.44%1.81%0.90%0.64%
1 Month Performance9.80%3.63%8.70%8.73%
1 Year Performance-11.39%1.55%81.36%35.73%

Global Water Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GWRS
Global Water Resources
3.7149 of 5 stars
$10.93
-0.6%
N/A-11.6%$300.11M$52.69M49.6690Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8184 of 5 stars
$40.05
+1.7%
$44.00
+9.9%
+0.1%$11.04B$2.09B17.193,291Positive News
XIFR
XPLR Infrastructure
2.9134 of 5 stars
$11.08
+1.3%
$16.18
+46.0%
-60.2%$1.03B$1.24B-6.44N/ANews Coverage
NGL
NGL Energy Partners
1.0469 of 5 stars
$6.10
flat
N/A+37.6%$779.87M$3.47B-14.88840Positive News
EDN
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)
2.2395 of 5 stars
$15.49
-0.2%
$36.00
+132.4%
-17.2%$703.41M$2.24B2.474,642
NFE
New Fortress Energy
2.8983 of 5 stars
$2.43
-1.2%
$7.88
+224.1%
-79.2%$700M$2.36B-0.63670Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SMC
Summit Midstream Partners
0.4666 of 5 stars
$21.32
-3.1%
N/A-43.7%$412.86M$429.62M-1.63244
OPAL
OPAL Fuels
3.0466 of 5 stars
$2.50
+9.6%
$2.81
+12.5%
-33.5%$395.34M$299.97M41.67270Positive News
MNTK
Montauk Renewables
1.9927 of 5 stars
$2.28
-8.1%
$3.33
+46.2%
-62.1%$352.80M$175.74M114.00130Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PCYO
Pure Cycle
0.8032 of 5 stars
$11.11
flat
N/A+4.3%$267.46M$27.45M20.2040
RGCO
RGC Resources
3.7883 of 5 stars
$21.72
+0.4%
N/A+2.2%$223.44M$84.64M16.58100

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This page (NASDAQ:GWRS) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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