EDN vs. GWRS, GNE, CNSL, PCYO, CWCO, ARTNA, BROG, YORW, UTL, and IDT
Should you be buying Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima include Global Water Resources (GWRS), Genie Energy (GNE), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Brooge Energy (BROG), York Water (YORW), Unitil (UTL), and IDT (IDT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima vs.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:EDN) and Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Water Resources received 44 more outperform votes than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote while only 65.68% of users gave Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote.
Global Water Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Water Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima and Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima both had 2 articles in the media. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Global Water Resources has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.99%. Given Global Water Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global Water Resources is more favorable than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima.
29.3% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 45.1% of Global Water Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Global Water Resources has a net margin of 12.31% compared to Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's net margin of -8.21%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 14.79% beat Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's return on equity.
Summary
Global Water Resources beats Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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