PRMW vs. SJW, CPK, TAC, MYRG, MGEE, OTTR, NWN, PAM, KEN, and AVA
Should you be buying Primo Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primo Water include SJW Group (SJW), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), TransAlta (TAC), MYR Group (MYRG), MGE Energy (MGEE), Otter Tail (OTTR), Northwest Natural (NWN), Pampa Energía (PAM), Kenon (KEN), and Avista (AVA). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Primo Water vs.
SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) and Primo Water (NASDAQ:PRMW) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
SJW Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Primo Water pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. SJW Group pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primo Water pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SJW Group has increased its dividend for 56 consecutive years and Primo Water has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
72.1% of SJW Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Primo Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of SJW Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Primo Water shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SJW Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Primo Water. SJW Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primo Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SJW Group had 8 more articles in the media than Primo Water. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SJW Group and 0 mentions for Primo Water. SJW Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Primo Water's score of 0.00 indicating that SJW Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SJW Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primo Water has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SJW Group currently has a consensus price target of $79.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.30%. Given SJW Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe SJW Group is more favorable than Primo Water.
SJW Group received 382 more outperform votes than Primo Water when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Primo Water an outperform vote while only 62.62% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote.
SJW Group has a net margin of 11.89% compared to Primo Water's net margin of 1.34%. Primo Water's return on equity of 7.25% beat SJW Group's return on equity.
Summary
SJW Group beats Primo Water on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PRMW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Primo Water Competitors List
