CWT vs. CWCO, GWRS, MSEX, YORW, AWK, AWR, WTRG, SJW, ARTNA, and CDZI
Should you be buying California Water Service Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California Water Service Group include Consolidated Water (CWCO), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), Essential Utilities (WTRG), SJW Group (SJW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), and Cadiz (CDZI).
California Water Service Group vs. Its Competitors
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) and Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Consolidated Water has a net margin of 20.75% compared to California Water Service Group's net margin of 13.84%. California Water Service Group's return on equity of 8.32% beat Consolidated Water's return on equity.
In the previous week, California Water Service Group and California Water Service Group both had 2 articles in the media. California Water Service Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Consolidated Water's score of 0.99 indicating that California Water Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
California Water Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Water. Consolidated Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California Water Service Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
California Water Service Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. California Water Service Group pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Water pays out 34.6% 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. California Water Service Group has increased its dividend for 59 consecutive years and Consolidated Water has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. California Water Service Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
California Water Service Group currently has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.69%. Given California Water Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe California Water Service Group is more favorable than Consolidated Water.
California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
82.8% of California Water Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of California Water Service Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
California Water Service Group beats Consolidated Water on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CWT) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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