CWT vs. AWR, SJW, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, CDZI, ARTNA, AWK, WTRG, and PCYO
Should you be buying California Water Service Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California Water Service Group include American States Water (AWR), 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.
California Water Service Group vs.
American States Water (NYSE:AWR) and California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
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.
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 increased its dividend for 71 consecutive years and California Water Service Group has increased 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.
American States Water has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American States Water presently has a consensus target price of $74.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.94%. California Water Service Group has a consensus target price of $53.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.56%. 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.
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.
75.2% of American States Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of California Water Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of American States Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of California Water Service Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, American States Water had 14 more articles in the media than California Water Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 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.
Summary
American States Water beats California Water Service Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CWT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
