YORW vs. WAAS, SJW, MSEX, CWCO, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, CWT, AWR, and GWRS
Should you be buying York Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of York Water include AquaVenture (WAAS), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), California Water Service Group (CWT), American States Water (AWR), and Global Water Resources (GWRS).
York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) and AquaVenture (NYSE:WAAS) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
York Water has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AquaVenture has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, York Water had 4 more articles in the media than AquaVenture. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for York Water and 0 mentions for AquaVenture. York Water's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat AquaVenture's score of 0.00 indicating that York Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.
York Water has a net margin of 33.35% compared to AquaVenture's net margin of -9.87%. York Water's return on equity of 11.18% beat AquaVenture's return on equity.
49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of AquaVenture shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of York Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.3% of AquaVenture shares are held 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.
York Water has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AquaVenture. AquaVenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than York Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AquaVenture received 17 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.77% of users gave AquaVenture an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.
Summary
York Water beats AquaVenture on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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