SJW vs. AWR, MSEX, CWT, YORW, TDS, VEON, TAC, NWN, KEN, and CPK
Should you be buying SJW Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SJW Group include American States Water (AWR), Middlesex Water (MSEX), California Water Service Group (CWT), York Water (YORW), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), VEON (VEON), TransAlta (TAC), Northwest Natural (NWN), Kenon (KEN), and Chesapeake Utilities (CPK). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) and American States Water (NYSE:AWR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
American States Water has a net margin of 20.97% compared to SJW Group's net margin of 12.68%. American States Water's return on equity of 13.54% beat SJW Group's return on equity.
84.3% of SJW Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American States Water shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of SJW Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of American States Water shares are held by company 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.
SJW Group has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American States Water has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SJW Group currently has a consensus price target of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.93%. American States Water has a consensus price target of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.56%. Given SJW Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SJW Group is more favorable than American States Water.
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.
SJW Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. SJW Group pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American States Water pays out 51.0% 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.
In the previous week, SJW Group had 8 more articles in the media than American States Water. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SJW Group and 4 mentions for American States Water. American States Water's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat SJW Group's score of -0.03 indicating that American States Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SJW Group received 163 more outperform votes than American States Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.71% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote while only 51.95% of users gave American States Water an outperform vote.
Summary
SJW Group and American States Water tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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