Consolidated Water (CWCO) Competitors

Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) and SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

Is CWCO or SJW more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Consolidated Water	23.06%	12.98%	11.57%
SJW Group	12.47%	7.16%	2.05%

Do analysts prefer CWCO or SJW?

SJW Group has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.76%. Given SJW Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SJW Group is more favorable than Consolidated Water.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Consolidated Water	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SJW Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CWCO or SJW?

55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of SJW Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of SJW Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CWCO or SJW?

SJW Group has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Water.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Consolidated Water	$180.21M	2.30	$29.58M	N/A	N/A
SJW Group	$670.36M	2.42	$84.99M	$2.76	18.00

Does the media prefer CWCO or SJW?

In the previous week, SJW Group had 8 more articles in the media than Consolidated Water. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for SJW Group and 3 mentions for Consolidated Water. Consolidated Water's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat SJW Group's score of 0.77 indicating that Consolidated Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Consolidated Water	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
SJW Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CWCO or SJW a better dividend stock?

Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. SJW Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. SJW Group pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CWCO or SJW?

SJW Group received 93 more outperform votes than Consolidated Water when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.87% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 61.13% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Consolidated Water	Outperform Votes 297 63.87%	Underperform Votes 168 36.13%
SJW Group	Outperform Votes 390 61.13%	Underperform Votes 248 38.87%

Which has more risk and volatility, CWCO or SJW?

Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SJW Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SJW Group beats Consolidated Water on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.