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

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), Cadiz (CDZI), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), American Water Works (AWK), Pure Cycle (PCYO), and Global Water Resources (GWRS). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

SJW Group vs.

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

American States Water has a net margin of 19.26% compared to SJW Group's net margin of 12.47%. American States Water's return on equity of 13.53% beat SJW Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American States Water19.26% 13.53% 4.78%
SJW Group 12.47%7.16%2.05%

American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. SJW Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. American States Water pays out 62.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SJW Group pays out 58.0% 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. American States Water has increased its dividend for 71 consecutive years. SJW Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

American States Water has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
American States Water$595.70M4.66$124.92M$2.9724.95
SJW Group$670.36M2.55$84.99M$2.7618.97

SJW Group received 164 more outperform votes than American States Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.19% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote while only 50.56% of users gave American States Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American States WaterOutperform Votes
227
50.56%
Underperform Votes
222
49.44%
SJW GroupOutperform Votes
391
61.19%
Underperform Votes
248
38.81%

American States Water has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SJW Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, SJW Group had 1 more articles in the media than American States Water. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SJW Group and 4 mentions for American States Water. American States Water's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat SJW Group's score of 0.38 indicating that American States Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American States Water
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SJW Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

75.2% of American States Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of SJW Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of American States Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of SJW Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American States Water presently has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.15%. SJW Group has a consensus price target of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.13%. Given SJW Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SJW Group is more favorable than American States Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American States Water
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
SJW Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

SJW Group beats American States Water on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SJW vs. The Competition

MetricSJW GroupWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.71B$4.35B$14.20B$20.30B
Dividend Yield3.09%2.64%4.79%3.67%
P/E Ratio18.9719.2013.2545.83
Price / Sales2.5519.3222.1716.46
Price / Cash8.5613.5118.6820.33
Price / Book1.362.861.955.73
Net Income$84.99M$192.27M$651.84M$1.00B
7 Day Performance3.25%2.48%0.44%0.13%
1 Month Performance9.02%2.45%0.38%1.37%
1 Year Performance-13.38%2.50%7.31%16.03%

SJW Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJW
SJW Group
3.0013 of 5 stars
$52.36
-0.6%
$54.00
+3.1%
-13.3%$1.71B$670.36M18.97760
AWR
American States Water
3.7634 of 5 stars
$73.39
+0.5%
$74.00
+0.8%
-2.9%$2.76B$595.70M24.77810Upcoming Earnings
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.7652 of 5 stars
$43.71
+0.4%
$53.25
+21.8%
-5.4%$2.61B$794.63M12.701,266
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.6291 of 5 stars
$49.30
-0.2%
$58.50
+18.7%
-10.0%$883.75M$183.37M21.52350Positive News
YORW
York Water
2.8933 of 5 stars
$31.49
+0.6%
N/A-10.5%$452.53M$71.03M21.28110
CWCO
Consolidated Water
1.8681 of 5 stars
$26.39
-0.2%
N/A-10.8%$418.33M$180.21M0.00200
CDZI
Cadiz
1.1056 of 5 stars
$5.13
+3.5%
N/A+78.5%$387.40M$1.99M-10.1010Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.9465 of 5 stars
$30.49
+0.4%
N/A-12.6%$314.55M$105.65M15.66240Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AWK
American Water Works
4.5423 of 5 stars
$122.98
+0.4%
$139.38
+13.3%
+2.4%$23.99B$4.23B24.376,500Positive News
PCYO
Pure Cycle
2.1649 of 5 stars
$11.55
-0.8%
N/A+21.3%$279.05M$29.11M21.0740
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.3465 of 5 stars
$11.39
+0.5%
N/A-9.9%$275.19M$53.03M42.0890Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓

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