GWRS vs. WAAS, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, PCYO, CDZI, AWK, WTRG, and SBS
Should you be buying Global Water Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Water Resources include AquaVenture (WAAS), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS).
AquaVenture (NYSE:WAAS) and Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) 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, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
AquaVenture has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Water Resources received 65 more outperform votes than AquaVenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.77% of users gave AquaVenture an outperform vote while only 65.46% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote.
Global Water Resources has a net margin of 12.05% compared to Global Water Resources' net margin of -9.87%. AquaVenture's return on equity of 13.32% beat Global Water Resources' return on equity.
48.4% of AquaVenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.3% of AquaVenture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Global Water Resources had 4 more articles in the media than AquaVenture. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Global Water Resources and 0 mentions for AquaVenture. AquaVenture's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Global Water Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Global Water Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AquaVenture. AquaVenture 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.
Summary
Global Water Resources beats AquaVenture on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GWRS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
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