ARIS vs. WTTR, GB, NYAX, NN, PCT, TWKS, TDCX, RILY, DLX, and REAX
Should you be buying Aris Water Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aris Water Solutions include Select Water Solutions (WTTR), Global Blue Group (GB), Nayax (NYAX), NextNav (NN), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Thoughtworks (TWKS), TDCX (TDCX), B. Riley Financial (RILY), Deluxe (DLX), and Real Brokerage (REAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) and Aris Water Solutions (NYSE:ARIS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Aris Water Solutions had 7 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Aris Water Solutions and 12 mentions for Select Water Solutions. Aris Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 0.33 indicating that Select Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aris Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Select Water Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $11.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.22%. Aris Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $14.36, indicating a potential downside of 13.62%. Given Aris Water Solutions' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Aris Water Solutions.
Select Water Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Aris Water Solutions. Select Water Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aris Water Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Aris Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Select Water Solutions pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aris Water Solutions pays out 50.0% 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. Select Water Solutions has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Select Water Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Select Water Solutions received 299 more outperform votes than Aris Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.81% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Aris Water Solutions an outperform vote.
81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aris Water Solutions has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Aris Water Solutions' net margin of 4.28%. Aris Water Solutions' return on equity of 7.46% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Select Water Solutions beats Aris Water Solutions on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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