CWCO vs. SJW, MSEX, YORW, CDZI, ARTNA, AWK, AWR, CWT, GWRS, and PCYO
Should you be buying Consolidated Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Water include SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Cadiz (CDZI), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.
Consolidated Water vs.
SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) and Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
SJW Group received 94 more outperform votes than Consolidated Water when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.87% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 61.00% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote.
SJW Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Consolidated Water has a net margin of 23.06% compared to SJW Group's net margin of 12.47%. Consolidated Water's return on equity of 12.98% beat SJW Group's return on equity.
SJW Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. SJW Group pays out 58.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Water pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
SJW Group has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Water. Consolidated Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SJW Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SJW Group currently has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.06%. Given SJW Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SJW Group is more favorable than Consolidated Water.
84.3% of SJW Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of SJW Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Consolidated Water shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, SJW Group had 22 more articles in the media than Consolidated Water. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for SJW Group and 11 mentions for Consolidated Water. Consolidated Water's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat SJW Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Consolidated Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
SJW Group beats Consolidated Water on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CWCO) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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