MSEX vs. WAAS, CWT, AWR, SJW, YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, and GWRS
Should you be buying Middlesex Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Middlesex Water include AquaVenture (WAAS), California Water Service Group (CWT), American States Water (AWR), SJW Group (SJW), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), and Global Water Resources (GWRS).
Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) and AquaVenture (NYSE:WAAS) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
Middlesex Water presently has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.65%. Given Middlesex Water's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than AquaVenture.
Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AquaVenture has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of AquaVenture shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.3% of AquaVenture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Middlesex Water had 3 more articles in the media than AquaVenture. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Middlesex Water and 0 mentions for AquaVenture. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat AquaVenture's score of 0.00 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Middlesex Water has a net margin of 21.55% compared to AquaVenture's net margin of -9.87%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 8.64% beat AquaVenture's return on equity.
Middlesex Water received 7 more outperform votes than AquaVenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.77% of users gave AquaVenture an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote.
Middlesex Water has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AquaVenture. AquaVenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middlesex Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Middlesex Water beats AquaVenture on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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