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California Water Service Group (CWT) Competitors

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CWT vs. CWCO, GWRS, MSEX, YORW, AWK, AWR, WTRG, HTO, ARTNA, and CDZI

Should you be buying California Water Service Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California Water Service Group include Consolidated Water (CWCO), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), Essential Utilities (WTRG), H2O America (HTO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), and Cadiz (CDZI).

California Water Service Group vs. Its Competitors

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) and Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Consolidated Water had 6 more articles in the media than California Water Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Consolidated Water and 3 mentions for California Water Service Group. California Water Service Group's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Consolidated Water's score of 0.54 indicating that California Water Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
California Water Service Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Consolidated Water
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

California Water Service Group has a net margin of 13.71% compared to Consolidated Water's net margin of 12.24%. California Water Service Group's return on equity of 8.28% beat Consolidated Water's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
California Water Service Group13.71% 8.28% 2.61%
Consolidated Water 12.24%7.77%6.84%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
California Water Service Group$990.69M2.76$190.81M$2.2920.01
Consolidated Water$129.10M4.32$28.24M$1.6221.62

California Water Service Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. California Water Service Group pays out 52.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Water pays out 34.6% 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. California Water Service Group has increased its dividend for 59 consecutive years and Consolidated Water has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. California Water Service Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

California Water Service Group presently has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.23%. Consolidated Water has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.19%. Given California Water Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe California Water Service Group is more favorable than Consolidated Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
California Water Service Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Consolidated Water
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

82.8% of California Water Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of California Water Service Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Consolidated Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

California Water Service Group beats Consolidated Water on 14 of the 20 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 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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CWT vs. The Competition

MetricCalifornia Water Service GroupUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.73B$7.24B$16.28B$21.67B
Dividend Yield2.64%2.73%4.70%3.52%
P/E Ratio20.0018.4551.6129.68
Price / Sales2.764.5231.6359.78
Price / Cash8.3013.2019.1624.72
Price / Book1.662.342.224.59
Net Income$190.81M$420.94M$748.44M$1.00B
7 Day Performance1.57%1.51%0.75%0.92%
1 Month Performance-3.69%-0.50%0.68%3.04%
1 Year Performance-13.80%-0.56%246.92%14.63%

California Water Service Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.7095 of 5 stars
$45.82
+0.3%
$56.00
+22.2%
-15.2%$2.73B$990.69M20.001,278Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
4.4551 of 5 stars
$33.63
+1.3%
$40.00
+18.9%
+36.0%$535.63M$129.10M20.76200
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.5251 of 5 stars
$9.95
+0.9%
N/A-21.3%$273.33M$52.69M45.2390
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.8511 of 5 stars
$52.79
-2.1%
$61.00
+15.6%
-17.3%$951.28M$191.88M21.81350
YORW
York Water
3.8807 of 5 stars
$30.41
-1.5%
N/A-18.0%$438.51M$74.96M22.20110
AWK
American Water Works
4.5084 of 5 stars
$137.58
-1.2%
$143.30
+4.2%
-7.1%$26.84B$4.68B24.796,700Positive News
AWR
American States Water
3.8384 of 5 stars
$72.36
-1.0%
$77.50
+7.1%
-14.8%$2.79B$615.96M22.13810
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.9083 of 5 stars
$37.81
-1.3%
$44.50
+17.7%
-2.0%$10.60B$2.09B16.233,291Positive News
HTO
H2O America
3.75 of 5 stars
$48.79
-1.8%
$56.50
+15.8%
-17.1%$1.72B$788.74M16.00760
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
2.9045 of 5 stars
$32.57
-1.3%
N/A-10.5%$335.83M$110.43M15.01240
CDZI
Cadiz
3.0537 of 5 stars
$3.85
-1.8%
$10.00
+159.7%
+48.1%$315.78M$9.61M-7.5510News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:CWT) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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