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$31.81 -0.40 (-1.24%)
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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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.

York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
York Water25.91% 8.56% 3.13%
Artesian Resources 19.60%8.98%2.69%

In the previous week, York Water had 1 more articles in the media than Artesian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for York Water and 2 mentions for Artesian Resources. Artesian Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat York Water's score of 0.81 indicating that Artesian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
York Water
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Artesian Resources
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 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
York Water$74.96M6.11$20.33M$1.3723.22
Artesian Resources$107.95M3.21$20.39M$2.0816.16

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

York Water has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Artesian Resources beats York Water on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$463.83M$7.23B$15.86B$9.10B
Dividend Yield2.72%2.64%5.61%4.00%
P/E Ratio23.2218.2820.0820.27
Price / Sales6.114.4129.6499.28
Price / Cash13.9113.0919.0958.16
Price / Book1.982.302.155.49
Net Income$20.33M$420.94M$751.09M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-1.35%-2.28%-0.60%4.73%
1 Month Performance-2.63%-1.67%1.47%7.61%
1 Year Performance-19.45%-1.99%13.07%16.39%

York Water Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YORW
York Water
3.6569 of 5 stars
$31.81
-1.2%
N/A-18.5%$463.83M$74.96M23.22110
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.7262 of 5 stars
$33.49
-0.8%
N/A-13.2%$348.10M$107.95M16.24240Positive News
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.9257 of 5 stars
$54.88
-1.2%
$61.00
+11.2%
-3.3%$995.82M$191.88M23.06350Positive News
AWK
American Water Works
3.8856 of 5 stars
$139.90
-0.1%
$143.22
+2.4%
+4.4%$27.31B$4.68B25.516,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AWR
American States Water
4.0243 of 5 stars
$76.45
-0.9%
$77.50
+1.4%
-1.1%$2.97B$595.46M24.19810Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.9334 of 5 stars
$45.52
-0.6%
$58.00
+27.4%
-10.1%$2.73B$1.04B20.091,278News Coverage
Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.7895 of 5 stars
$36.86
+0.2%
$43.50
+18.0%
-6.8%$10.31B$2.09B16.493,291Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.403 of 5 stars
$30.64
-2.1%
N/A+13.9%$498.03M$133.97M0.00200
CDZI
Cadiz
3.5631 of 5 stars
$3.04
-4.1%
$10.00
+228.9%
-9.4%$259.55M$9.61M0.0010
SJW
SJW Group
N/AN/A$57.50
+∞
N/A$1.88B$766.66M17.93760
GWRS
Global Water Resources
1.5 of 5 stars
$10.19
+0.3%
N/A-13.2%$278.90M$52.69M40.6490

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This page (NASDAQ:YORW) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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