Aris Water Solutions (ARIS) Competitors

Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) and Aris Water Solutions (NYSE:ARIS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is WTTR or ARIS more profitable?

Aris Water Solutions has a net margin of 4.82% compared to Aris Water Solutions' net margin of 4.69%. Aris Water Solutions' return on equity of 8.46% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Water Solutions	4.69%	8.46%	6.06%
Aris Water Solutions	4.82%	4.06%	2.05%

Does the media prefer WTTR or ARIS?

In the previous week, Select Water Solutions had 9 more articles in the media than Aris Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Select Water Solutions and 2 mentions for Aris Water Solutions. Select Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Aris Water Solutions' score of 0.82 indicating that Aris Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Select Water Solutions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aris Water Solutions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, WTTR or ARIS?

Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aris Water Solutions has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, WTTR or ARIS?

Select Water Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Aris Water Solutions. Select Water Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aris Water Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Select Water Solutions	$1.59B	0.69	$74.40M	$0.73	12.70
Aris Water Solutions	$392.12M	2.13	$18.89M	$0.60	24.05

Do analysts rate WTTR or ARIS?

Select Water Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $10.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Aris Water Solutions has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential downside of 15.75%. Given Aris Water Solutions' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Aris Water Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Aris Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WTTR or ARIS?

Select Water Solutions received 301 more outperform votes than Aris Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave Aris Water Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 319 66.74%	Underperform Votes 159 33.26%
Aris Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 18 56.25%	Underperform Votes 14 43.75%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WTTR or ARIS?

81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Aris Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of Aris Water Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WTTR or ARIS a better dividend stock?

Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Aris Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Select Water Solutions pays out 32.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aris Water Solutions pays out 60.0% 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. Select Water Solutions has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Select Water Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Select Water Solutions beats Aris Water Solutions on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.