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

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

SJW Group vs.

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

In the previous week, American States Water had 8 more articles in the media than SJW Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for American States Water and 2 mentions for SJW Group. American States Water's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat SJW Group's score of 0.33 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
SJW Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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

SJW Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American States Water has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SJW Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share. American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. SJW Group pays out 56.4% 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. SJW Group has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years and American States Water has raised its dividend for 71 consecutive years. American States Water is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

SJW Group currently has a consensus price target of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. American States Water has a consensus price target of $77.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.78%. Given SJW Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SJW Group is more favorable than American States Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SJW Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
American States Water
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

SJW Group received 165 more outperform votes than American States Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.87% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote while only 50.22% of users gave American States Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SJW GroupOutperform Votes
392
60.87%
Underperform Votes
252
39.13%
American States WaterOutperform Votes
227
50.22%
Underperform Votes
225
49.78%

American States Water has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SJW Group. SJW 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
SJW Group$766.66M0.00$84.99M$2.98N/A
American States Water$608.22M4.95$119.27M$3.2524.03

84.3% of SJW Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American States Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of SJW 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American States Water has a net margin of 20.03% compared to SJW Group's net margin of 12.47%. American States Water's return on equity of 13.63% beat SJW Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SJW Group12.47% 7.16% 2.05%
American States Water 20.03%13.63%4.89%

Summary

American States Water beats SJW Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SJW vs. The Competition

MetricSJW GroupWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.88B$5.18B$16.39B$19.57B
Dividend Yield3.04%2.64%5.72%3.84%
P/E Ratio17.9321.1620.3134.73
Price / SalesN/A6.1822.7935.66
Price / Cash8.6713.9618.6817.51
Price / BookN/A2.672.114.75
Net Income$84.99M$209.66M$674.16M$1.02B

SJW Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJW
SJW Group
3.6764 of 5 stars
N/A$57.50
+∞
N/A$1.88B$766.66M17.93760
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
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.8857 of 5 stars
$46.92
-3.5%
$58.00
+23.6%
-9.1%$2.80B$970.03M13.561,180Analyst Revision
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.5136 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
3.3086 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
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.858 of 5 stars
$10.28
-1.2%
N/A-19.8%$277.83M$52.69M38.0790Earnings Report
PCYO
Pure Cycle
0.5926 of 5 stars
$10.46
+1.0%
N/A+17.6%$251.84M$29.91M19.0240

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