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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of York Water shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, York Water has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, York Water had 3 more articles in the media than Artesian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for York Water and 1 mentions for Artesian Resources. Artesian Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat York Water's score of 0.63 indicating that Artesian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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.
Summary
Artesian Resources beats York Water on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:YORW) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff