CWCO vs. MSEX, YORW, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, CWT, AWR, SJW, GWRS, and PCYO
Should you be buying Consolidated Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Water include Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), California Water Service Group (CWT), American States Water (AWR), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.
Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) and Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Consolidated Water shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Middlesex Water shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Consolidated Water presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.38%. Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.36%. Given Middlesex Water's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Consolidated Water.
Middlesex Water has a net margin of 21.55% compared to Consolidated Water's net margin of 17.24%. Consolidated Water's return on equity of 18.02% beat Middlesex Water's return on equity.
In the previous week, Consolidated Water and Consolidated Water both had 6 articles in the media. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Consolidated Water's score of 0.32 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Middlesex Water pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Consolidated Water received 65 more outperform votes than Middlesex Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote.
Middlesex Water has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Consolidated Water.
Summary
Middlesex Water beats Consolidated Water on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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