Global Water Resources (GWRS) Competitors

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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GWRS or PCYO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Water Resources	$44.73 million	6.45	$5.51 million	$0.30	40.27
Pure Cycle	$23 million	10.88	$9.62 million	$0.28	37.14

Which has more volatility & risk, GWRS or PCYO?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GWRS or PCYO?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Water Resources	Outperform Votes 289 65.83%	Underperform Votes 150 34.17%
Pure Cycle	Outperform Votes 179 69.65%	Underperform Votes 78 30.35%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GWRS or PCYO?

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.

Do analysts recommend GWRS or PCYO?

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

Does the media favor GWRS or PCYO?

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

Is GWRS or PCYO more profitable?

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.