SJW vs. CWT, AWR, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, GWRS, and PCYO
Should you be buying SJW Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SJW Group include California Water Service Group (CWT), American States Water (AWR), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) and SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
82.8% of California Water Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of SJW Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of California Water Service Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of SJW Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
California Water Service Group has a net margin of 15.42% compared to California Water Service Group's net margin of 12.48%. SJW Group's return on equity of 10.09% beat California Water Service Group's return on equity.
California Water Service Group presently has a consensus price target of $54.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.70%. SJW Group has a consensus price target of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.70%. Given California Water Service Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SJW Group is more favorable than California Water Service Group.
SJW Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than California Water Service Group. California Water Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SJW Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SJW Group received 113 more outperform votes than California Water Service Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.61% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote while only 53.79% of users gave California Water Service Group an outperform vote.
California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SJW Group has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
California Water Service Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. SJW Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. California Water Service Group pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SJW Group pays out 60.2% 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. California Water Service Group has increased its dividend for 58 consecutive years and SJW Group has increased its dividend for 57 consecutive years.
In the previous week, California Water Service Group had 3 more articles in the media than SJW Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for California Water Service Group and 2 mentions for SJW Group. California Water Service Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat SJW Group's score of 0.50 indicating that SJW Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
California Water Service Group and SJW Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SJW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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