YORW vs. ARTNA, MSEX, AWK, AWR, CWT, WTRG, CWCO, CDZI, SJW, and GWRS
Should you be buying York Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of York Water include Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Middlesex Water (MSEX), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Cadiz (CDZI), SJW Group (SJW), and Global Water Resources (GWRS).
York Water vs. Its Competitors
York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) and Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. York Water pays out 64.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artesian Resources pays out 59.1% 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. York Water has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years and Artesian Resources has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Artesian Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of York Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Artesian Resources had 2 more articles in the media than York Water. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Artesian Resources and 4 mentions for York Water. Artesian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat York Water's score of 0.38 indicating that Artesian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
York Water has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
York Water has a net margin of 25.91% compared to Artesian Resources' net margin of 19.60%. Artesian Resources' return on equity of 8.98% beat York Water's return on equity.
Artesian Resources has higher revenue and earnings than York Water. Artesian Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than York Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Artesian Resources beats York Water on 10 of the 16 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 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
