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

Should you be buying California Water Service Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California Water Service Group include American States Water (AWR), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Global Water Resources (GWRS). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

California Water Service Group vs.

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) and American States Water (NYSE:AWR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.

American States Water has lower revenue, but higher earnings than California Water Service Group. California Water Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American States 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$970.03M2.91$51.91M$2.2820.77
American States Water$608.22M4.96$119.27M$3.2524.13

American States Water has a net margin of 20.03% compared to California Water Service Group's net margin of 19.56%. American States Water's return on equity of 13.63% beat California Water Service Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
California Water Service Group19.56% 13.24% 4.18%
American States Water 20.03%13.63%4.89%

California Water Service Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. California Water Service Group pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American States Water pays out 57.2% 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. California Water Service Group has raised its dividend for 59 consecutive years and American States Water has raised its dividend for 71 consecutive years. California Water Service Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

82.8% of California Water Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American States Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of California Water Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of American States Water shares are owned 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.

California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American States Water has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American States Water had 1 more articles in the media than California Water Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for American States Water and 9 mentions for California Water Service Group. American States Water's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat California Water Service Group's score of 0.58 indicating that American States Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
California Water Service Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American States Water
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

California Water Service Group received 56 more outperform votes than American States Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.40% of users gave California Water Service Group an outperform vote while only 50.22% of users gave American States Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
California Water Service GroupOutperform Votes
283
53.40%
Underperform Votes
247
46.60%
American States WaterOutperform Votes
227
50.22%
Underperform Votes
225
49.78%

California Water Service Group presently has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.45%. American States Water has a consensus price target of $77.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.17%. Given California Water Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe California Water Service Group is more favorable than American States 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
American States Water
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Summary

California Water Service Group and American States Water tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CWT vs. The Competition

MetricCalifornia Water Service GroupWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.82B$5.17B$16.35B$19.37B
Dividend Yield2.69%2.64%5.72%3.84%
P/E Ratio13.6921.0620.3634.23
Price / Sales2.916.1422.3334.85
Price / Cash14.9813.9618.6817.51
Price / Book1.912.652.114.69
Net Income$51.91M$209.66M$674.16M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.68%3.23%2.35%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-6.65%0.29%3.85%9.79%
1 Year Performance-11.11%-1.79%6.65%3.27%

California Water Service Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.8857 of 5 stars
$47.37
-1.3%
$58.00
+22.5%
-9.1%$2.82B$970.03M13.691,180Analyst Revision
AWR
American States Water
4.0326 of 5 stars
$78.06
-2.7%
$77.50
-0.7%
+2.2%$3.01B$608.22M24.62810News Coverage
Positive News
SJW
SJW Group
3.9852 of 5 stars
N/A$57.50
+∞
N/A$1.88B$766.66M17.93760
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.5405 of 5 stars
$59.24
-1.4%
$61.00
+3.0%
+3.4%$1.06B$195.65M25.76350Positive News
YORW
York Water
3.3081 of 5 stars
$32.10
-2.1%
N/A-12.1%$462.24M$75.79M21.69110Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.3444 of 5 stars
$23.58
+0.6%
N/A-8.7%$375.32M$133.97M14.56200
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.203 of 5 stars
$33.48
-3.0%
N/A-13.8%$344.94M$109.29M17.17240Positive News
CDZI
Cadiz
3.4466 of 5 stars
$3.19
+5.3%
$10.00
+213.5%
-7.7%$261.15M$9.61M-6.2510Earnings Report
AWK
American Water Works
4.2683 of 5 stars
$138.43
-5.8%
$143.22
+3.5%
+7.6%$27.00B$4.82B25.686,500Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8388 of 5 stars
$39.02
-4.3%
$43.50
+11.5%
+0.0%$10.75B$2.09B19.513,210Positive News
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.858 of 5 stars
$10.28
-1.2%
N/A-19.8%$277.83M$52.69M38.0790Earnings Report

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This page (NYSE:CWT) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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