YORW vs. MSEX, CWCO, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, AWR, CWT, SJW, GWRS, and PCYO
Should you be buying York Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of York Water include Middlesex Water (MSEX), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.
York Water vs. Its Competitors
Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) and York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, York Water has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
York Water has a net margin of 28.57% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 22.53%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat York Water's return on equity.
Middlesex Water has higher revenue and earnings than York Water. York Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middlesex Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Middlesex Water received 27 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.49% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote while only 56.99% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.
Middlesex Water presently has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.55%. Given Middlesex Water's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than York Water.
79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Middlesex Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of York Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Middlesex Water pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. York Water pays out 63.5% 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. Middlesex Water has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years and York Water has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years.
In the previous week, York Water had 1 more articles in the media than Middlesex Water. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for York Water and 4 mentions for Middlesex Water. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat York Water's score of 1.17 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Middlesex Water beats York Water on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:YORW) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
