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CDZI vs. YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, AWK, AWR, CWT, SJW, MSEX, GWRS, 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), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

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 1.67 beat Cadiz's score of 0.66 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
York Water
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of York Water shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Cadiz currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 270.37%. Given Cadiz's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cadiz is more favorable than York Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cadiz
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
York Water
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Cadiz received 5 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Cadiz an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CadizOutperform Votes
213
66.98%
Underperform Votes
105
33.02%
York WaterOutperform Votes
208
57.14%
Underperform Votes
156
42.86%

Cadiz has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, York Water has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$9.61M22.98-$31.45M-$0.53-5.09
York Water$74.96M6.85$23.76M$1.4225.11

Summary

Cadiz beats York Water on 10 of the 18 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$220.00M$4.97B$17.44B$7.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.48%3.00%4.33%
P/E Ratio-5.2921.3415.4718.05
Price / Sales22.986.004.60104.31
Price / CashN/A13.5216.3934.62
Price / Book4.502.596.334.14
Net Income-$31.45M$200.07M$734.58M$247.59M
7 Day Performance-0.74%0.74%12.15%5.65%
1 Month Performance-21.74%3.57%3.68%-4.54%
1 Year Performance18.94%8.75%-1.33%3.14%

Cadiz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDZI
Cadiz
3.7698 of 5 stars
$2.86
+5.7%
$10.00
+250.3%
+20.5%$233.50M$9.61M-5.6010Positive News
YORW
York Water
3.6653 of 5 stars
$35.68
+0.2%
N/A+0.3%$513.40M$74.96M24.11110Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.2818 of 5 stars
$23.69
-2.2%
N/A-2.9%$376.08M$133.97M14.62200Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.0073 of 5 stars
$34.68
+0.1%
N/A+1.6%$357.31M$107.95M17.78240
AWK
American Water Works
4.0928 of 5 stars
$147.18
-0.8%
$141.86
-3.6%
+22.8%$28.70B$4.68B27.316,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AWR
American States Water
3.447 of 5 stars
$80.36
+0.3%
$74.00
-7.9%
+14.1%$3.09B$595.46M25.35810Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.4508 of 5 stars
$50.74
-0.3%
$54.67
+7.7%
+9.2%$3.02B$1.04B14.661,180Upcoming Earnings
SJW
SJW Group
3.1955 of 5 stars
$54.17
-0.8%
$56.00
+3.4%
-0.6%$1.86B$748.44M19.63760Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.23 of 5 stars
$62.49
-0.3%
$58.50
-6.4%
+29.9%$1.12B$191.88M27.17350Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.7541 of 5 stars
$10.09
-0.8%
N/A-16.3%$272.69M$52.69M37.3790News Coverage
PCYO
Pure Cycle
0.8133 of 5 stars
$10.25
+2.9%
N/A+7.1%$246.78M$29.91M18.6440

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This page (NASDAQ:CDZI) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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