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Cadiz (CDZI) Competitors

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$3.50
+0.46 (+15.13%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

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

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 Global Water Resources (GWRS).

Cadiz vs.

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

In the previous week, York Water had 6 more articles in the media than Cadiz. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for York Water and 0 mentions for Cadiz. York Water's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Cadiz's score of 0.00 indicating that York Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
York Water Neutral
Cadiz Neutral

Cadiz received 4 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.30% of users gave Cadiz an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
York WaterOutperform Votes
208
57.14%
Underperform Votes
156
42.86%
CadizOutperform Votes
212
67.30%
Underperform Votes
103
32.70%

York Water has a net margin of 31.27% compared to Cadiz's net margin of -1,095.05%. York Water's return on equity of 10.32% beat Cadiz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
York Water31.27% 10.32% 3.88%
Cadiz -1,095.05%-77.51%-25.28%

49.9% of York Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Cadiz shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of York Water shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Cadiz shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
York Water$71.03M7.13$23.76M$1.6022.05
Cadiz$1.99M119.42-$31.45M-$0.51-6.86

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

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
York Water
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Cadiz
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Summary

York Water beats Cadiz on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CDZI vs. The Competition

MetricCadizWater supply IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$206.40M$4.50B$15.09B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.41%2.62%4.14%
P/E Ratio-6.8621.7617.9615.14
Price / Sales119.4214.384.3793.53
Price / CashN/A16.0720.8534.04
Price / Book5.832.785.815.01
Net Income-$31.45M$191.74M$576.14M$225.46M
7 Day Performance17.06%0.22%-1.39%0.37%
1 Month Performance16.28%-2.47%-2.72%3.57%
1 Year Performance8.02%1.65%10.87%29.42%

Cadiz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDZI
Cadiz
0.4319 of 5 stars
$3.50
+15.1%
N/A+14.8%$206.40M$1.99M-6.8610Gap Up
High Trading Volume
YORW
York Water
3.7259 of 5 stars
$35.86
+0.9%
N/A-2.5%$514.95M$71.03M22.41130News Coverage
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.3352 of 5 stars
$24.65
+0.9%
N/A-20.3%$390.19M$175.27M16.77293Short Interest ↓
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.0664 of 5 stars
$34.31
+1.2%
N/A-15.6%$352.98M$103.08M19.28251Upcoming Earnings
WAAS
AquaVenture
N/A$27.03
flat
N/A+0.0%$864.15M$203.49M-39.17665High Trading Volume
AWK
American Water Works
4.8964 of 5 stars
$138.79
+0.8%
$140.00
+0.9%
+14.4%$27.04B$4.36B28.276,500Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AWR
American States Water
4.4887 of 5 stars
$83.21
+1.1%
$87.00
+4.6%
+3.3%$3.12B$595.70M28.99810Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.1002 of 5 stars
$51.58
-0.1%
$53.67
+4.0%
+1.1%$2.98B$984.54M17.021,266Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
SJW
SJW Group
3.6924 of 5 stars
$57.69
+2.3%
$64.00
+10.9%
-12.5%$1.89B$670.36M21.21760Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.7291 of 5 stars
$64.45
+1.7%
$58.00
-10.0%
+2.1%$1.13B$166.27M31.29350Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
GWRS
Global Water Resources
3.3966 of 5 stars
$12.50
+2.7%
N/A+18.1%$294.22M$52.02M48.0890Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage

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