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H2O America (HTO) Competitors

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$49.57 +0.04 (+0.08%)
As of 08/6/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

HTO vs. AWR, CWT, MSEX, CWCO, YORW, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, CDZIP, and IDA

Should you be buying H2O America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H2O America include American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Consolidated Water (CWCO), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), Cadiz (CDZIP), and IDACORP (IDA).

H2O America vs. Its Competitors

American States Water (NYSE:AWR) and H2O America (NASDAQ:HTO) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. H2O America pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. American States Water pays out 57.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H2O America pays out 55.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American States Water has raised its dividend for 71 consecutive years and H2O America has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years. H2O America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

American States Water currently has a consensus target price of $77.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.08%. H2O America has a consensus target price of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.98%. Given H2O America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe H2O America is more favorable than American States Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American States Water
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
H2O America
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

75.2% of American States Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of H2O America shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of American States Water shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of H2O America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, American States Water had 8 more articles in the media than H2O America. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for American States Water and 13 mentions for H2O America. American States Water's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat H2O America's score of 0.01 indicating that American States Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American States Water
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
H2O America
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

American States Water has a net margin of 20.22% compared to H2O America's net margin of 13.03%. American States Water's return on equity of 13.45% beat H2O America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American States Water20.22% 13.45% 4.92%
H2O America 13.03%7.67%2.27%

American States Water has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H2O America has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American States Water has higher earnings, but lower revenue than H2O America. H2O America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American States Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American States Water$595.46M4.82$119.27M$3.2522.91
H2O America$748.44M2.34$93.97M$3.0516.25

Summary

American States Water beats H2O America on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HTO vs. The Competition

MetricH2O AmericaUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.75B$3.36B$16.88B$9.47B
Dividend Yield3.39%5.22%5.46%4.18%
P/E Ratio16.2520.0220.0123.99
Price / Sales2.34164.94164.30187.89
Price / Cash7.6514.1119.0658.51
Price / Book1.192.722.125.58
Net Income$93.97M$76.43M$751.46M$265.35M
7 Day Performance2.65%1.17%2.74%-0.07%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.25%15.82%1.76%
1 Year Performance-15.32%7.36%123.36%25.39%

H2O America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTO
H2O America
3.3576 of 5 stars
$49.57
+0.1%
$56.50
+14.0%
-15.7%$1.75B$748.44M16.25760
AWR
American States Water
4.0156 of 5 stars
$75.46
+1.0%
$77.50
+2.7%
-9.7%$2.91B$595.46M23.22810News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.5592 of 5 stars
$46.99
+1.1%
$56.00
+19.2%
-12.6%$2.80B$1.04B20.521,278Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.2055 of 5 stars
$53.18
+1.5%
$61.00
+14.7%
-15.5%$958.30M$191.88M21.98350Earnings Report
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.8558 of 5 stars
$29.15
+2.5%
N/A+7.5%$464.07M$133.97M17.99200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
YORW
York Water
3.4923 of 5 stars
$30.68
+0.8%
N/A-20.5%$441.79M$74.96M22.39110Upcoming Earnings
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.2303 of 5 stars
$32.81
0.0%
N/A-9.1%$338.27M$107.95M15.77240News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
CDZI
Cadiz
3.872 of 5 stars
$3.15
+4.7%
$10.00
+217.5%
+3.7%$257.91M$11.44M-5.7310News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AWK
American Water Works
4.0867 of 5 stars
$146.92
+0.8%
$142.00
-3.3%
-1.2%$28.66B$4.94B26.476,700
CDZIP
Cadiz
N/A$17.38
-0.7%
N/A+21.3%$0.00$11.44M0.0010Upcoming Earnings
IDA
IDACORP
3.7496 of 5 stars
$126.47
+1.7%
$122.86
-2.9%
+23.4%$6.83B$1.83B22.272,141Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:HTO) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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