Global Water Resources (GWRS) Competitors

Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) and Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is GWRS or ARTNA more profitable?

Artesian Resources has a net margin of 18.96% compared to Global Water Resources' net margin of 12.52%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 14.23% beat Artesian Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Water Resources	12.52%	14.23%	1.79%
Artesian Resources	18.96%	8.57%	2.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GWRS or ARTNA?

Global Water Resources received 113 more outperform votes than Artesian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.46% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Artesian Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Water Resources	Outperform Votes 290 65.46%	Underperform Votes 153 34.54%
Artesian Resources	Outperform Votes 177 53.80%	Underperform Votes 152 46.20%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GWRS or ARTNA?

27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GWRS or ARTNA?

Artesian Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Global Water Resources. Artesian Resources 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Water Resources	$53.03M	5.75	$7.98M	$0.27	46.63
Artesian Resources	$98.86M	3.55	$16.70M	$1.95	17.48

Does the media prefer GWRS or ARTNA?

In the previous week, Artesian Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Global Water Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Artesian Resources and 1 mentions for Global Water Resources. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Artesian Resources' score of 1.19 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global Water Resources	Very Positive
Artesian Resources	Positive

Is GWRS or ARTNA a better dividend stock?

Global Water Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Global Water Resources pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Artesian Resources pays out 60.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artesian Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, GWRS or ARTNA?

Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Artesian Resources beats Global Water Resources on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.