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York Water (YORW) Competitors

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$35.28
+0.11 (+0.31%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

YORW vs. WAAS, SJW, MSEX, CWCO, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, AWR, CWT, and GWRS

Should you be buying York Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of York Water include AquaVenture (WAAS), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), and Global Water Resources (GWRS).

York Water vs.

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

49.9% of York Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of AquaVenture shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of York Water shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.3% of AquaVenture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

York Water has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AquaVenture has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, York Water had 6 more articles in the media than AquaVenture. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for York Water and 0 mentions for AquaVenture. York Water's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat AquaVenture's score of 0.00 indicating that York Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
York Water Neutral
AquaVenture Neutral

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
York Water
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
AquaVenture
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

York Water has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AquaVenture. AquaVenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than York Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
York Water$71.03M7.13$23.76M$1.6022.05
AquaVenture$203.49M4.25-$20.08M-$0.48-56.31

York Water has a net margin of 31.27% compared to AquaVenture's net margin of -9.87%. York Water's return on equity of 10.32% beat AquaVenture's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
York Water31.27% 10.32% 3.88%
AquaVenture -9.87%-4.61%-2.23%

AquaVenture received 17 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.77% of users gave AquaVenture an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave York Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
York WaterOutperform Votes
208
57.14%
Underperform Votes
156
42.86%
AquaVentureOutperform Votes
225
67.77%
Underperform Votes
107
32.23%

Summary

York Water beats AquaVenture on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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YORW vs. The Competition

MetricYork WaterWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$506.62M$4.49B$12.40B$8.53B
Dividend Yield2.40%2.41%4.06%4.14%
P/E Ratio22.0523.5781.5415.12
Price / Sales7.1311.6632.2693.03
Price / Cash14.1916.1013.8534.05
Price / Book2.282.782.235.02
Net Income$23.76M$191.74M$610.36M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-0.76%0.22%-1.05%0.37%
1 Month Performance-4.70%-2.47%-0.19%3.57%
1 Year Performance-3.63%1.65%10.77%29.42%

York Water Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YORW
York Water
3.7259 of 5 stars
$35.28
+0.3%
N/A-2.5%$506.62M$71.03M22.05130News Coverage
WAAS
AquaVenture
N/A$27.03
flat
N/A+0.0%$864.15M$203.49M-39.17665High Trading Volume
SJW
SJW Group
3.6924 of 5 stars
$56.42
+0.0%
$64.00
+13.4%
-12.5%$1.85B$670.36M20.74760Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.7291 of 5 stars
$63.35
-0.1%
$58.00
-8.4%
+2.1%$1.13B$166.27M30.75350Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.3352 of 5 stars
$24.44
-0.2%
N/A-20.3%$386.86M$175.27M16.63293Short Interest ↓
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.0712 of 5 stars
$33.90
-1.9%
N/A-15.6%$348.76M$103.08M19.05251Upcoming Earnings
CDZI
Cadiz
0.4377 of 5 stars
$2.99
-2.6%
N/A+14.8%$202.70M$2.69M-5.8610Gap Up
AWK
American Water Works
4.8964 of 5 stars
$137.66
-1.5%
$140.00
+1.7%
+14.4%$26.82B$4.36B28.046,500Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AWR
American States Water
4.4921 of 5 stars
$82.34
-1.2%
$87.00
+5.7%
+3.3%$3.08B$595.70M28.69810Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.1047 of 5 stars
$51.62
-1.0%
$53.67
+4.0%
+1.1%$2.98B$984.54M17.041,266Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
GWRS
Global Water Resources
3.3966 of 5 stars
$12.17
-1.6%
N/A+18.1%$294.76M$53.03M46.8190Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:YORW) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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