Global Water Resources (GWRS) Competitors $10.41 +0.14 (+1.36%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.50 +0.08 (+0.82%) As of 07:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock GWRS vs. NEP, NNE, AMPS, XIFR, SMC, NGL, MNTK, PCYO, OPAL, and RGCOShould you be buying Global Water Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Water Resources include Nextera Energy Partners (NEP), Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE), Altus Power (AMPS), XPLR Infrastructure (XIFR), Summit Midstream (SMC), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Montauk Renewables (MNTK), Pure Cycle (PCYO), OPAL Fuels (OPAL), and RGC Resources (RGCO). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Global Water Resources vs. Nextera Energy Partners Nano Nuclear Energy Altus Power XPLR Infrastructure Summit Midstream NGL Energy Partners Montauk Renewables Pure Cycle OPAL Fuels RGC Resources Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) and Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment. Is GWRS or NEP a better dividend stock? Global Water Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Nextera Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share. Global Water Resources pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nextera Energy Partners pays out -3,670.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GWRS or NEP? 27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 54.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GWRS or NEP? Global Water Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nextera Energy Partners. Nextera Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Water Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGlobal Water Resources$52.69M5.34$7.98M$0.2443.38Nextera Energy Partners$1.23B0.00-$10M-$0.10N/A Do analysts rate GWRS or NEP? Nextera Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Nextera Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nextera Energy Partners is more favorable than Global Water Resources.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Global Water Resources 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Nextera Energy Partners 2 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00 Is GWRS or NEP more profitable? Global Water Resources has a net margin of 12.52% compared to Nextera Energy Partners' net margin of -0.73%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 14.23% beat Nextera Energy Partners' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Global Water Resources12.52% 14.23% 1.79% Nextera Energy Partners -0.73%1.34%0.85% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GWRS or NEP? Global Water Resources received 290 more outperform votes than Nextera Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.46% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Nextera Energy Partners an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGlobal Water ResourcesOutperform Votes29065.46% Underperform Votes15334.54% Nextera Energy PartnersOutperform VotesNo VotesUnderperform Votes10100.00% Does the media favor GWRS or NEP? In the previous week, Nextera Energy Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Global Water Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nextera Energy Partners and 1 mentions for Global Water Resources. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Nextera Energy Partners' score of 0.63 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Global Water Resources Very Positive Nextera Energy Partners Positive Which has more risk and volatility, GWRS or NEP? Global Water Resources has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextera Energy Partners has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryGlobal Water Resources beats Nextera Energy Partners on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Global Water Resources News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GWRS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart GWRS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGlobal Water ResourcesWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$281.34M$4.87B$15.40B$7.57BDividend Yield3.05%2.58%5.92%4.32%P/E Ratio38.5621.2215.2217.81Price / Sales5.345.9321.4594.60Price / Cash15.0313.5218.4334.64Price / Book5.182.561.964.00Net Income$7.98M$200.07M$664.08M$247.23M7 Day Performance3.48%5.60%4.25%7.26%1 Month Performance-7.88%-2.25%1.43%-6.26%1 Year Performance-13.32%10.81%10.47%-0.18% Global Water Resources Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GWRSGlobal Water Resources2.9466 of 5 stars$10.41+1.4%N/A-15.8%$281.34M$52.69M38.5690Positive NewsNEPNextera Energy Partners1.2827 of 5 starsN/A$10.00+∞N/A$983.47M$1.23B-105.15N/AUpcoming EarningsNNENano Nuclear Energy2.0566 of 5 stars$23.07+7.6%$58.00+151.4%N/A$855.27MN/A-56.27N/APositive NewsAMPSAltus Power1.3974 of 5 stars$4.96-0.5%$5.13+3.4%+18.5%$794.89M$196.27M22.5240Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeXIFRXPLR Infrastructure2.8434 of 5 stars$8.29-1.8%$18.50+123.2%-67.6%$778.95M$1.23B-82.90N/AUpcoming EarningsNegative NewsSMCSummit MidstreamN/A$26.57-9.5%N/AN/A$495.40M$429.62M-2.07244Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeNGLNGL Energy Partners1.1025 of 5 stars$3.35-11.5%N/A-48.7%$441.58M$5.92B-1.33840Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeMNTKMontauk Renewables1.9671 of 5 stars$1.92-1.5%$4.00+108.3%-49.3%$273.47M$175.74M12.00130News CoveragePCYOPure Cycle0.5552 of 5 stars$10.33-1.1%N/A+2.1%$248.72M$29.11M18.7840Earnings ReportOPALOPAL Fuels2.9611 of 5 stars$1.39-5.1%$5.70+311.6%-72.7%$239.37M$299.97M7.69270Gap DownRGCORGC Resources3.4574 of 5 stars$22.10+3.6%N/A+9.1%$227.56M$87.51M18.89100News CoveragePositive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies NEP Competitors NNE Competitors AMPS Competitors XIFR Competitors SMC Competitors NGL Competitors MNTK Competitors PCYO Competitors OPAL Competitors RGCO Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:GWRS) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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