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$75.46 +0.18 (+0.23%)
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AWR vs. CWT, SJW, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, CDZI, ARTNA, AWK, WTRG, and PCYO

Should you be buying American States Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American States Water include California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Cadiz (CDZI), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), American Water Works (AWK), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

American States Water vs.

American States Water (NYSE:AWR) and California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.

American States Water has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American States Water currently has a consensus target price of $74.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.54%. California Water Service Group has a consensus target price of $53.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.92%. Given California Water Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe California Water Service Group is more favorable than American States Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American States Water
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
California Water Service Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

American States Water has a net margin of 20.03% compared to California Water Service Group's net margin of 19.56%. American States Water's return on equity of 13.96% beat California Water Service Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American States Water20.03% 13.96% 4.97%
California Water Service Group 19.56%13.24%4.18%

California Water Service Group received 52 more outperform votes than American States Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.24% of users gave California Water Service Group an outperform vote while only 50.56% of users gave American States Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American States WaterOutperform Votes
227
50.56%
Underperform Votes
222
49.44%
California Water Service GroupOutperform Votes
279
53.24%
Underperform Votes
245
46.76%

American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. California Water Service Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. American States Water pays out 58.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. California Water Service Group pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American States Water has raised its dividend for 71 consecutive years and California Water Service Group has raised its dividend for 59 consecutive years. California Water Service Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American States Water$595.46M4.68$124.92M$3.1723.47
California Water Service Group$794.63M3.41$51.91M$3.4613.16

75.2% of American States Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of California Water Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of American States Water shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of California Water Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, American States Water had 13 more articles in the media than California Water Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for American States Water and 4 mentions for California Water Service Group. American States Water's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat California Water Service Group's score of 0.82 indicating that American States Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American States Water
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
California Water Service Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

American States Water beats California Water Service Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AWR vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican States WaterWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.79B$4.43B$14.26B$20.14B
Dividend Yield2.50%2.64%4.67%3.65%
P/E Ratio23.4618.9913.3735.11
Price / Sales4.6817.4821.7215.89
Price / Cash18.4713.7318.6120.85
Price / Book3.542.781.944.95
Net Income$124.92M$192.27M$663.56M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.40%-0.58%0.62%-0.48%
1 Month Performance-0.63%0.96%0.63%-0.82%
1 Year Performance-2.21%1.28%6.71%14.68%

American States Water Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AWR
American States Water
3.6711 of 5 stars
$75.47
+0.2%
$74.00
-1.9%
-0.8%$2.83B$595.46M23.81810Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.7547 of 5 stars
$44.95
-1.3%
$53.25
+18.5%
-3.5%$2.67B$794.63M12.991,266
SJW
SJW Group
2.4808 of 5 stars
$52.36
-0.6%
$54.00
+3.1%
-11.6%$1.71B$670.36M18.97760
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.8691 of 5 stars
$50.50
-0.4%
$58.50
+15.8%
-6.2%$901.43M$166.27M21.96350Ex-Dividend
YORW
York Water
3.7451 of 5 stars
$32.79
-0.3%
N/A-9.0%$471.32M$74.19M22.16110News Coverage
CWCO
Consolidated Water
2.4525 of 5 stars
$27.07
+1.6%
N/A-8.4%$428.79M$180.21M0.00200News Coverage
CDZI
Cadiz
1.1603 of 5 stars
$5.16
+1.0%
N/A+51.5%$387.93M$1.99M-10.1210
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.9033 of 5 stars
$31.26
-0.5%
N/A-9.5%$321.98M$98.86M16.03240News Coverage
Positive News
AWK
American Water Works
4.0615 of 5 stars
$125.76
-0.9%
$140.00
+11.3%
+9.0%$24.51B$4.23B24.906,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8178 of 5 stars
$35.21
-1.7%
$43.00
+22.1%
+0.6%$9.67B$2.05B17.603,258Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
PCYO
Pure Cycle
1.2663 of 5 stars
$12.15
+4.0%
N/A+16.6%$292.57M$28.75M22.0940News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:AWR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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