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YORW vs. ARTNA, MSEX, AWK, AWR, CWT, WTRG, HTO, CWCO, CDZI, 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), H2O America (HTO), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Cadiz (CDZI), and Global Water Resources (GWRS).

York Water vs. Its Competitors

Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) and York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. 20.6% of Artesian Resources 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.

Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Artesian Resources pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. York Water pays out 64.2% 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. Artesian Resources has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and York Water has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years. Artesian Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, York Water has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Artesian Resources had 1 more articles in the media than York Water. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Artesian Resources and 6 mentions for York Water. Artesian Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat York Water's score of 1.02 indicating that Artesian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Artesian Resources
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
York Water
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Artesian Resources$107.95M3.19$20.39M$2.1715.38
York Water$74.96M5.93$20.33M$1.3722.50

York Water has a net margin of 25.83% compared to Artesian Resources' net margin of 20.84%. Artesian Resources' return on equity of 9.55% beat York Water's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Artesian Resources20.84% 9.55% 2.86%
York Water 25.83%8.50%3.09%

Summary

Artesian Resources beats York Water on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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YORW vs. The Competition

MetricYork WaterUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$444.42M$7.20B$16.39B$10.07B
Dividend Yield2.87%2.73%5.37%4.62%
P/E Ratio22.5018.3852.1226.20
Price / Sales5.934.5029.6891.86
Price / Cash13.1813.0519.1359.91
Price / Book1.922.332.226.28
Net Income$20.33M$420.94M$755.16M$270.85M
7 Day Performance-0.61%-0.12%0.90%3.58%
1 Month Performance-3.23%0.08%0.78%6.67%
1 Year Performance-19.55%-0.80%193.80%27.74%

York Water Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YORW
York Water
4.2592 of 5 stars
$30.82
-0.4%
N/A-18.7%$444.42M$74.96M22.50110Positive News
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.9025 of 5 stars
$32.60
-1.9%
N/A-12.0%$342.67M$107.95M15.02240News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.8038 of 5 stars
$53.10
-2.0%
$61.00
+14.9%
-12.8%$975.96M$191.88M21.94350Positive News
AWK
American Water Works
4.5151 of 5 stars
$139.99
-2.5%
$143.30
+2.4%
-5.0%$28.02B$4.68B25.226,700Trending News
Analyst Revision
AWR
American States Water
4.0633 of 5 stars
$73.40
-1.7%
$77.50
+5.6%
-9.6%$2.88B$615.96M22.45810News Coverage
Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.8052 of 5 stars
$46.34
-1.6%
$56.00
+20.9%
-12.9%$2.81B$990.69M20.231,278Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8981 of 5 stars
$38.34
-2.6%
$44.50
+16.1%
-2.1%$11.04B$2.09B16.453,291Positive News
Short Interest ↑
HTO
H2O America
3.7497 of 5 stars
$49.79
-1.3%
$56.50
+13.5%
-14.4%$1.78B$748.44M16.32760Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
4.6947 of 5 stars
$33.52
-0.8%
$40.00
+19.3%
+34.6%$538.17M$133.97M20.69200
CDZI
Cadiz
3.6009 of 5 stars
$3.69
+3.9%
$10.00
+171.0%
+27.1%$291.17M$9.61M-7.2410High Trading Volume
GWRS
Global Water Resources
3.835 of 5 stars
$9.71
-0.7%
N/A-22.9%$268.83M$52.69M44.1490Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:YORW) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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