CDZI vs. YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, WAAS, AWK, CWT, AWR, SJW, MSEX, and GWRS Should you be buying Cadiz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadiz include York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), AquaVenture (WAAS), American Water Works (AWK), California Water Service Group (CWT), American States Water (AWR), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), and Global Water Resources (GWRS).
Cadiz (NASDAQ:CDZI ) and York Water (NASDAQ:YORW ) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
York Water has higher revenue and earnings than Cadiz. Cadiz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than York Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cadiz received 4 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.30% of users gave Cadiz an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.
79.8% of Cadiz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cadiz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of York Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cadiz has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, York Water has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
York Water has a net margin of 33.35% compared to Cadiz's net margin of -925.72%. York Water's return on equity of 11.18% beat Cadiz's return on equity.
In the previous week, York Water had 2 more articles in the media than Cadiz. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for York Water and 3 mentions for Cadiz. York Water's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Cadiz's score of 0.36 indicating that York Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary York Water beats Cadiz on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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