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NASDAQ:GWRS

Global Water Resources (GWRS) Competitors

$12.08
-0.07 (-0.58%)
(As of 06/7/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$11.93
$12.36
50-Day Range
$10.58
$12.66
52-Week Range
$10.44
$15.00
Volume
32,761 shs
Average Volume
23,027 shs
Market Capitalization
$288.35 million
P/E Ratio
40.27
Dividend Yield
2.48%
Price Target
$17.00

GWRS vs. PCYO, CWCO, ARTNA, YORW, GNE, CNSL, BROG, TDS, IDT, and UTL

Should you be buying Global Water Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Water Resources include Pure Cycle (PCYO), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), York Water (YORW), Genie Energy (GNE), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Brooge Energy (BROG), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), IDT (IDT), and Unitil (UTL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Global Water Resources vs.

Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) and Pure Cycle (NASDAQ:PCYO) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Pure Cycle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Water Resources. Pure Cycle 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
Global Water Resources$44.73 million6.45$5.51 million$0.3040.27
Pure Cycle$23 million10.88$9.62 million$0.2837.14

Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pure Cycle has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Global Water Resources received 110 more outperform votes than Pure Cycle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.65% of users gave Pure Cycle an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Global Water ResourcesOutperform Votes
289
65.83%
Underperform Votes
150
34.17%
Pure CycleOutperform Votes
179
69.65%
Underperform Votes
78
30.35%

29.3% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Pure Cycle shares are held by institutional investors. 45.1% of Global Water Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of Pure Cycle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Global Water Resources currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.73%. Given Global Water Resources' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Global Water Resources is more favorable than Pure Cycle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Global Water Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Pure Cycle
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Global Water Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Pure Cycle. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Global Water Resources and 1 mentions for Pure Cycle. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Pure Cycle's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Global Water Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pure Cycle
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Pure Cycle has a net margin of 36.74% compared to Global Water Resources' net margin of 14.81%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 13.08% beat Pure Cycle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Global Water Resources 14.81% 13.08% 1.66%
Pure Cycle 36.74% 6.04% 5.43%

Summary

Global Water Resources beats Pure Cycle on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GWRS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GWRS vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal Water ResourcesWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$288.35M$4.38B$13.07B$6.22B
Dividend Yield2.43%2.03%3.97%6.48%
P/E Ratio40.2726.9997.0512.38
Price / Sales6.4524.771,357.1688.81
Price / Cash18.7417.3825.46104.84
Price / Book6.493.422.045.29
Net Income$5.51M$170.33M$443.89M$192.85M
7 Day Performance3.42%3.22%1.91%4.94%
1 Month Performance10.32%6.83%-1.79%5.93%
1 Year Performance-14.45%15.65%-8.36%1.62%

Global Water Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCYO
Pure Cycle
0 of 5 stars
$9.67
+1.4%
N/A-10.8%$232.66M$23M34.5431Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
2.3179 of 5 stars
$19.25
-2.3%
$19.00
-1.3%
+40.8%$303.00M$94.11M0.00197Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
2.6952 of 5 stars
$49.05
+0.2%
N/A+1.8%$466.47M$98.90M27.10245
YORW
York Water
2.6416 of 5 stars
$42.25
-0.4%
N/A+5.9%$604.18M$60.06M30.84110Positive News
GNE
Genie Energy
1.9091 of 5 stars
$14.17
-9.1%
N/A+62.3%$368.56M$315.54M4.50186Positive News
CNSL
Consolidated Communications
2.4649 of 5 stars
$3.64
-0.8%
$4.67
+28.2%
-53.3%$424.61M$1.19B2.393,200News Coverage
BROG
Brooge Energy
0 of 5 stars
$4.94
-1.2%
N/A-34.1%$541.38M$81.54M0.0020News Coverage
TDS
Telephone and Data Systems
2.527 of 5 stars
$6.80
+1.0%
$15.00
+120.6%
-57.4%$765.48M$5.41B-12.839,300Positive News
IDT
IDT
1.9523 of 5 stars
$30.43
+0.0%
N/A+17.7%$776.88M$1.36B16.541,690
UTL
Unitil
1.8666 of 5 stars
$52.22
-1.9%
$53.00
+1.5%
-7.4%$840.22M$563.20M18.99508News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GWRS) was last updated on 6/7/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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