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SJW Group (SJW) Competitors

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$55.00 -0.15 (-0.27%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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

SJW Group vs.

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

American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. SJW Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. American States Water pays out 62.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SJW Group pays out 58.0% 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 SJW Group has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years. SJW Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

American States Water has a net margin of 19.26% compared to SJW Group's net margin of 12.47%. American States Water's return on equity of 13.53% beat SJW Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American States Water19.26% 13.53% 4.78%
SJW Group 12.47%7.16%2.05%

75.2% of American States Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of SJW Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of American States Water shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of SJW Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American States Water has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SJW Group has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American States Water has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SJW Group. SJW 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$595.70M5.30$124.92M$2.9728.40
SJW Group$670.36M2.68$84.99M$2.7619.93

In the previous week, American States Water had 3 more articles in the media than SJW Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for American States Water and 3 mentions for SJW Group. American States Water's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat SJW Group's score of 0.37 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SJW Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

SJW Group received 163 more outperform votes than American States Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.22% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote while only 51.01% of users gave American States Water an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American States WaterOutperform Votes
227
51.01%
Underperform Votes
218
48.99%
SJW GroupOutperform Votes
390
61.22%
Underperform Votes
247
38.78%

American States Water currently has a consensus price target of $87.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.13%. SJW Group has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.55%. Given SJW Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SJW Group is more favorable than American States Water.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American States Water
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
SJW Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

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

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SJW vs. The Competition

MetricSJW GroupWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.80B$4.66B$12.25B$19.84B
Dividend Yield2.90%2.38%4.04%3.50%
P/E Ratio19.9320.1498.4437.73
Price / Sales2.6813.9932.1118.01
Price / Cash9.1215.1018.4117.90
Price / Book1.353.222.294.86
Net Income$84.99M$192.27M$616.62M$985.93M
7 Day Performance2.15%1.61%0.00%0.45%
1 Month Performance-7.27%0.42%-1.60%1.05%
1 Year Performance-14.48%3.26%9.83%24.67%

SJW Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJW
SJW Group
3.4057 of 5 stars
$55.00
-0.3%
$63.00
+14.5%
-14.8%$1.80B$670.36M19.93760
AWR
American States Water
4.562 of 5 stars
$84.36
-1.0%
$87.00
+3.1%
+6.2%$3.19B$595.70M28.40810Short Interest ↓
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.383 of 5 stars
$51.08
-0.8%
$53.67
+5.1%
+1.4%$3.04B$794.63M14.761,266Analyst Revision
MSEX
Middlesex Water
1.7256 of 5 stars
$65.69
-0.6%
$61.00
-7.1%
+3.4%$1.18B$166.27M28.56350
YORW
York Water
4.1254 of 5 stars
$35.50
-0.8%
N/A-4.8%$514.16M$71.03M23.99130
CWCO
Consolidated Water
2.7756 of 5 stars
$26.35
+0.7%
N/A-23.0%$414.24M$158.81M0.00293Analyst Revision
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.2241 of 5 stars
$34.04
-0.8%
N/A-18.5%$350.61M$98.86M17.46251Positive News
CDZI
Cadiz
1.3137 of 5 stars
$3.15
-2.8%
N/A+5.0%$243.60M$1.99M0.0010Analyst Revision
AWK
American Water Works
4.8185 of 5 stars
$137.89
-0.2%
$142.29
+3.2%
+5.5%$26.87B$4.23B27.316,500Analyst Upgrade
PCYO
Pure Cycle
1.0495 of 5 stars
$13.10
-1.2%
N/A+30.5%$319.21M$28.75M27.2940Analyst Upgrade
GWRS
Global Water Resources
N/A$12.85
-1.0%
N/A+9.3%$314.40M$53.03M47.5990

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This page (NYSE:SJW) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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