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Cadiz (CDZI) Competitors

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$4.17 +0.08 (+1.96%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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

Should you be buying Cadiz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadiz include Middlesex Water (MSEX), 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), Pure Cycle (PCYO), and Global Water Resources (GWRS). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

Cadiz vs.

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

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 probable upside, analysts clearly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Cadiz.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cadiz
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Middlesex Water
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cadiz$5.54M56.57-$31.45M-$0.51-8.18
Middlesex Water$183.37M5.33$31.52M$2.3023.81

Middlesex Water has a net margin of 22.53% compared to Cadiz's net margin of -528.15%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat Cadiz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cadiz-528.15% -93.78% -25.26%
Middlesex Water 22.53%9.58%3.31%

Cadiz has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Middlesex Water had 2 more articles in the media than Cadiz. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Middlesex Water and 0 mentions for Cadiz. Cadiz's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Middlesex Water's score of 0.67 indicating that Cadiz is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cadiz Positive
Middlesex Water Positive

79.8% of Cadiz shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cadiz shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Middlesex Water received 20 more outperform votes than Cadiz when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.09% of users gave Cadiz an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CadizOutperform Votes
212
67.09%
Underperform Votes
104
32.91%
Middlesex WaterOutperform Votes
232
60.73%
Underperform Votes
150
39.27%

Summary

Middlesex Water beats Cadiz on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CDZI vs. The Competition

MetricCadizWater supply IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$307.50M$4.21B$14.03B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.53%2.79%4.23%
P/E Ratio-8.1821.5021.9717.18
Price / Sales56.578.562.66116.95
Price / CashN/A14.6221.1437.86
Price / Book6.952.765.854.78
Net Income-$31.45M$192.27M$572.90M$225.60M
7 Day Performance2.71%-4.18%-1.85%-1.23%
1 Month Performance30.32%-5.74%-3.05%3.36%
1 Year Performance33.65%-6.56%2.93%16.60%

Cadiz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDZI
Cadiz
1.16 of 5 stars
$4.17
+2.0%
N/A+41.8%$307.50M$5.54M-8.1810Positive News
High Trading Volume
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.2691 of 5 stars
$59.08
-0.6%
$58.50
-1.0%
-20.3%$1.05B$166.27M25.83350News Coverage
YORW
York Water
3.4507 of 5 stars
$34.90
+0.2%
N/A-13.0%$501.51M$71.03M23.53130
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.0757 of 5 stars
$26.21
+1.9%
N/A-27.8%$415.04M$158.81M0.00293
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.1798 of 5 stars
$33.52
+0.3%
N/A-24.1%$345.19M$105.65M17.21251Positive News
AWK
American Water Works
4.3984 of 5 stars
$128.99
-0.5%
$142.29
+10.3%
-3.7%$25.14B$4.52B25.666,500
AWR
American States Water
4.1659 of 5 stars
$83.30
+0.1%
$86.00
+3.2%
-2.2%$3.12B$577.54M28.01810Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.5549 of 5 stars
$48.40
-0.2%
$54.50
+12.6%
-11.9%$2.88B$1.03B14.021,266
SJW
SJW Group
4.3246 of 5 stars
$54.02
-0.6%
$63.00
+16.6%
-24.6%$1.77B$721.96M19.68760
PCYO
Pure Cycle
N/A$13.18
-1.3%
N/A+25.5%$317.37M$28.75M27.8140
GWRS
Global Water Resources
1.9561 of 5 stars
$12.47
flat
N/A-9.3%$302.02M$53.03M45.5690

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This page (NASDAQ:CDZI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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