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Artesian Resources (ARTNA) Competitors

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$33.18
-0.33 (-0.98%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

ARTNA vs. WAAS, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, CDZI, AWK, AWR, CWT, SJW, and GWRS

Should you be buying Artesian Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Artesian Resources include AquaVenture (WAAS), 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), and Global Water Resources (GWRS).

Artesian Resources vs.

Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) and AquaVenture (NYSE:WAAS) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

AquaVenture received 48 more outperform votes than Artesian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.77% of users gave AquaVenture an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Artesian Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Artesian ResourcesOutperform Votes
177
53.80%
Underperform Votes
152
46.20%
AquaVentureOutperform Votes
225
67.77%
Underperform Votes
107
32.23%

57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of AquaVenture shares are held by institutional investors. 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.3% of AquaVenture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Artesian Resources had 2 more articles in the media than AquaVenture. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Artesian Resources and 0 mentions for AquaVenture. Artesian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat AquaVenture's score of 0.00 indicating that Artesian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Artesian Resources Positive
AquaVenture Neutral

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Artesian Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
AquaVenture
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Artesian Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AquaVenture. AquaVenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Artesian Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Artesian Resources$103.08M3.31$16.70M$1.7818.64
AquaVenture$203.49M4.25-$20.08M-$0.48-56.31

Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AquaVenture has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Artesian Resources has a net margin of 17.74% compared to AquaVenture's net margin of -9.87%. Artesian Resources' return on equity of 7.90% beat AquaVenture's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Artesian Resources17.74% 7.90% 2.37%
AquaVenture -9.87%-4.61%-2.23%

Summary

Artesian Resources beats AquaVenture on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ARTNA vs. The Competition

MetricArtesian ResourcesWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$341.62M$4.49B$12.40B$8.53B
Dividend Yield3.50%2.41%4.06%4.14%
P/E Ratio18.6423.5781.5415.12
Price / Sales3.3111.6632.2693.03
Price / Cash11.4816.1013.8534.05
Price / Book1.482.782.235.02
Net Income$16.70M$191.74M$610.36M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-2.12%0.22%-1.05%0.37%
1 Month Performance-9.54%-2.47%-0.19%3.57%
1 Year Performance-18.32%1.65%10.77%29.42%

Artesian Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.0712 of 5 stars
$33.18
-1.0%
N/A-15.6%$341.62M$103.08M18.64251Upcoming Earnings
WAAS
AquaVenture
N/A$27.03
flat
N/A+0.0%$864.15M$203.49M-39.17665High Trading Volume
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.7291 of 5 stars
$65.27
+6.7%
$61.00
-6.5%
+2.1%$1.16B$174.99M31.68350Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
YORW
York Water
3.7259 of 5 stars
$35.28
+0.3%
N/A-2.5%$506.62M$71.03M22.05130News Coverage
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.3352 of 5 stars
$23.65
-0.5%
N/A-20.3%$374.38M$180.21M0.00293Short Interest ↓
CDZI
Cadiz
0.4377 of 5 stars
$3.50
+15.1%
N/A+14.8%$237.64M$2.69M-6.8610Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AWK
American Water Works
4.8964 of 5 stars
$136.00
-1.5%
$140.00
+2.9%
+14.4%$26.50B$4.23B26.936,500Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AWR
American States Water
4.4921 of 5 stars
$81.59
-1.1%
$87.00
+6.6%
+3.3%$3.06B$595.70M28.43810Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.1047 of 5 stars
$50.14
-3.5%
$53.67
+7.0%
+1.1%$2.95B$794.63M16.551,266Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
SJW
SJW Group
3.6924 of 5 stars
$54.89
-1.4%
$63.00
+14.8%
-12.5%$1.83B$670.36M19.89760Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
GWRS
Global Water Resources
3.3966 of 5 stars
$12.40
-0.7%
N/A+18.1%$300.29M$52.02M47.6990Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:ARTNA) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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