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Cadiz (CDZI) Competitors

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$3.15 -0.09 (-2.78%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

Should you be buying Cadiz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadiz include York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), AquaVenture (WAAS), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), and Pure Cycle (PCYO).

Cadiz vs.

Cadiz (NASDAQ:CDZI) and York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Cadiz received 4 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.09% of users gave Cadiz an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CadizOutperform Votes
212
67.09%
Underperform Votes
104
32.91%
York WaterOutperform Votes
208
57.14%
Underperform Votes
156
42.86%

York Water has higher revenue and earnings than Cadiz. Cadiz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than York Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cadiz$1.99M119.00-$31.45M-$0.51-6.18
York Water$71.03M7.18$23.76M$1.4823.99

In the previous week, Cadiz had 7 more articles in the media than York Water. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cadiz and 1 mentions for York Water. York Water's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Cadiz's score of -0.55 indicating that York Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cadiz
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
York Water
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

79.8% of Cadiz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cadiz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of York Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cadiz has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, York Water has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

York Water has a net margin of 28.57% compared to Cadiz's net margin of -528.15%. York Water's return on equity of 9.44% beat Cadiz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cadiz-528.15% -93.78% -25.26%
York Water 28.57%9.44%3.50%

Summary

York Water beats Cadiz on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CDZI vs. The Competition

MetricCadizWater supply IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$236.82M$4.66B$14.62B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A2.37%2.65%4.07%
P/E Ratio-6.1820.1019.1913.46
Price / Sales119.0013.914.4687.66
Price / CashN/A15.2220.7736.27
Price / Book11.253.176.136.30
Net Income-$31.45M$192.27M$580.49M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-2.78%1.61%0.02%-1.32%
1 Month Performance1.94%0.42%-3.10%0.60%
1 Year Performance4.65%3.26%9.98%26.23%

Cadiz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDZI
Cadiz
1.3224 of 5 stars
$3.15
-2.8%
N/A+5.0%$236.82M$1.99M-6.1810Analyst Revision
YORW
York Water
4.1262 of 5 stars
$35.50
-0.8%
N/A-4.8%$510.14M$71.03M23.99130
CWCO
Consolidated Water
2.7787 of 5 stars
$26.35
+0.7%
N/A-23.0%$417.38M$180.21M0.00293Analyst Revision
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.2279 of 5 stars
$34.04
-0.8%
N/A-18.5%$350.61M$98.86M17.46251News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
WAAS
AquaVenture
N/A$27.03
flat
N/A+0.0%$864.15M$203.49M-56.31665High Trading Volume
AWK
American Water Works
4.823 of 5 stars
$137.89
-0.2%
$142.29
+3.2%
+5.5%$26.87B$4.23B27.316,500Analyst Upgrade
AWR
American States Water
4.5649 of 5 stars
$84.36
-1.0%
$87.00
+3.1%
+6.2%$3.16B$577.54M28.40810Short Interest ↓
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.3835 of 5 stars
$51.08
-0.8%
$53.67
+5.1%
+1.4%$3.04B$1.03B14.761,266Analyst Revision
SJW
SJW Group
3.4057 of 5 stars
$55.00
-0.3%
$63.00
+14.5%
-14.8%$1.80B$670.36M19.77760
MSEX
Middlesex Water
1.7225 of 5 stars
$65.69
-0.6%
$61.00
-7.1%
+3.4%$1.17B$166.27M28.56350
PCYO
Pure Cycle
1.0483 of 5 stars
$13.10
-1.2%
N/A+30.5%$315.32M$28.75M27.2940Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:CDZI) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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