YORW vs. CWCO, ARTNA, MSEX, SJW, GWRS, PCYO, CLNE, CNSL, GNE, and SHEN
Should you be buying York Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of York Water include Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Middlesex Water (MSEX), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Genie Energy (GNE), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) and York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. York Water pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Water has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and York Water has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years. York Water is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
York Water has a net margin of 33.35% compared to York Water's net margin of 17.24%. York Water's return on equity of 18.02% beat Consolidated Water's return on equity.
Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, York Water has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Consolidated Water currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.30%. Given York Water's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Consolidated Water is more favorable than York Water.
Consolidated Water received 89 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.
55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Consolidated Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of York Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Consolidated Water has higher revenue and earnings than York Water.
In the previous week, Consolidated Water had 9 more articles in the media than York Water. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Consolidated Water and 2 mentions for York Water. York Water's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Consolidated Water's score of 0.00 indicating that Consolidated Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Consolidated Water beats York Water on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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