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American Water Works (AWK) Competitors

$141.70
+1.60 (+1.14%)
(As of 07/26/2024 ET)

AWK vs. AWR, CWT, SJW, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, CDZI, WTRG, and SBS

Should you be buying American Water Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Water Works include American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

American Water Works vs.

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) and American States Water (NYSE:AWR) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

In the previous week, American Water Works had 5 more articles in the media than American States Water. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for American Water Works and 7 mentions for American States Water. American Water Works' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat American States Water's score of 0.59 indicating that American Water Works is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Water Works
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American States Water
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Water Works received 264 more outperform votes than American States Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave American Water Works an outperform vote while only 51.83% of users gave American States Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American Water WorksOutperform Votes
491
64.78%
Underperform Votes
267
35.22%
American States WaterOutperform Votes
227
51.83%
Underperform Votes
211
48.17%

American Water Works presently has a consensus price target of $141.80, suggesting a potential upside of 0.07%. American States Water has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.17%. Given American Water Works' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Water Works is more favorable than American States Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Water Works
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
American States Water
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

86.6% of American Water Works shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American States Water shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Water Works shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of American States Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Water Works pays an annual dividend of $3.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. American Water Works pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American States Water pays out 56.2% 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.

American Water Works has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American States Water has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Water Works has a net margin of 22.27% compared to American States Water's net margin of 19.95%. American States Water's return on equity of 13.65% beat American Water Works' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Water Works22.27% 9.74% 3.18%
American States Water 19.95%13.65%4.77%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Water Works$4.23B6.52$944M$4.9328.74
American States Water$595.70M5.16$124.92M$3.0627.00

Summary

American Water Works beats American States Water on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AWK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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AWK vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Water WorksWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.61B$4.68B$13.17B$18.49B
Dividend Yield2.15%2.20%4.15%3.51%
P/E Ratio28.7425.7193.4925.43
Price / Sales6.5214.2324.7915.35
Price / Cash16.8216.9318.3819.61
Price / Book2.822.941.935.08
Net Income$944M$191.74M$639.06M$977.27M
7 Day Performance0.38%2.03%1.29%1.57%
1 Month Performance9.63%12.66%3.77%5.69%
1 Year Performance-4.57%0.11%1.71%9.05%

American Water Works Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AWR
American States Water
4.2165 of 5 stars
4.22 / 5 stars
$82.62
+1.7%
$80.00
-3.2%
-6.3%$3.08B$595.70M27.00815News Coverage
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.2607 of 5 stars
4.26 / 5 stars
$52.90
+0.1%
$54.25
+2.6%
+0.2%$3.05B$794.63M21.161,266Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
SJW
SJW Group
2.9304 of 5 stars
2.93 / 5 stars
$60.91
-1.2%
$66.33
+8.9%
-15.7%$1.96B$670.36M22.90808Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.3186 of 5 stars
3.32 / 5 stars
$66.08
+1.3%
$58.00
-12.2%
-20.3%$1.18B$166.27M32.71355Dividend Announcement
YORW
York Water
3.528 of 5 stars
3.53 / 5 stars
$41.14
+1.1%
N/A-1.8%$583.84M$73.26M24.20110Upcoming Earnings
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.3932 of 5 stars
3.39 / 5 stars
$29.49
+3.0%
$28.00
-5.1%
+46.1%$466.83M$180.21M0.00200News Coverage
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.0421 of 5 stars
4.04 / 5 stars
$39.31
-0.1%
N/A-17.1%$404.50M$98.86M23.12240Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CDZI
Cadiz
0.9246 of 5 stars
0.92 / 5 stars
$3.37
+0.3%
N/A-15.9%$228.45M$1.99M-6.8810News Coverage
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.3402 of 5 stars
4.34 / 5 stars
$40.71
+0.2%
$43.00
+5.6%
-4.9%$11.13B$2.05B19.293,258News Coverage
Positive News
SBS
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
0.6157 of 5 stars
0.62 / 5 stars
$15.40
-0.4%
N/A+29.4%$10.57B$26.43B14.5311,170Short Interest ↑
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:AWK) was last updated on 7/27/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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