CWCO vs. MSEX, YORW, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, AWR, CWT, SJW, GWRS, and PCYO
Should you be buying Consolidated Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Water include Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.
Consolidated Water vs.
Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) and Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Consolidated Water pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Middlesex Water pays out 55.1% 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. Middlesex Water has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Middlesex Water is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Middlesex Water has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Water. Consolidated Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middlesex Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $58.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.67%. Given Middlesex Water's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Consolidated Water.
In the previous week, Middlesex Water had 3 more articles in the media than Consolidated Water. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Middlesex Water and 7 mentions for Consolidated Water. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Consolidated Water's score of 0.85 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Consolidated Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Middlesex Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Consolidated Water received 63 more outperform votes than Middlesex Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 59.85% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote.
Consolidated Water has a net margin of 23.06% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 22.53%. Consolidated Water's return on equity of 12.98% beat Middlesex Water's return on equity.
Summary
Middlesex Water beats Consolidated Water on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CWCO) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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