Pure Cycle (PCYO) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PCYO or GWRS?

46.6% of Pure Cycle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of Pure Cycle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PCYO or GWRS?

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PCYO or GWRS?

Global Water Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Pure Cycle. Global Water Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pure Cycle, 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
Pure Cycle	$14.59M	16.49	$4.70M	$0.20	49.95
Global Water Resources	$44.73M	6.62	$5.51M	$0.32	38.31

Is PCYO or GWRS more profitable?

Pure Cycle has a net margin of 32.22% compared to Global Water Resources' net margin of 14.81%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 12.60% beat Pure Cycle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pure Cycle	32.22%	4.06%	3.65%
Global Water Resources	14.81%	12.60%	1.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PCYO or GWRS?

Global Water Resources received 109 more outperform votes than Pure Cycle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.30% of users gave Pure Cycle an outperform vote while only 65.46% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pure Cycle	Outperform Votes 181 68.30%	Underperform Votes 84 31.70%
Global Water Resources	Outperform Votes 290 65.46%	Underperform Votes 153 34.54%

Which has more risk & volatility, PCYO or GWRS?

Pure Cycle has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PCYO or GWRS?

In the previous week, Pure Cycle and Pure Cycle both had 3 articles in the media. Pure Cycle's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Global Water Resources' score of 0.43 indicating that Pure Cycle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pure Cycle	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Pure Cycle beats Global Water Resources on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.