ARTNA vs. MSEX, YORW, CWCO, CDZI, AWK, AWR, CWT, SJW, PCYO, and GWRS
Should you be buying Artesian Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Artesian Resources include Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Pure Cycle (PCYO), and Global Water Resources (GWRS). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.
Artesian Resources vs.
Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) and Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Middlesex Water received 55 more outperform votes than Artesian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.73% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Artesian Resources an outperform vote.
Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Artesian Resources pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Middlesex Water pays out 59.1% 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. Middlesex Water has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years.
Middlesex Water has higher revenue and earnings than Artesian Resources. Artesian Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middlesex Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are held by institutional investors. 20.6% of Artesian Resources 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Middlesex Water has a net margin of 22.53% compared to Artesian Resources' net margin of 18.96%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat Artesian Resources' return on equity.
Middlesex Water has a consensus target price of $58.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.81%. Given Middlesex Water's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Artesian Resources.
In the previous week, Middlesex Water had 1 more articles in the media than Artesian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Middlesex Water and 1 mentions for Artesian Resources. Artesian Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Middlesex Water's score of 0.67 indicating that Artesian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Middlesex Water beats Artesian Resources on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ARTNA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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