SJW vs. AWR, CWT, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, CDZI, ARTNA, 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), Cadiz (CDZI), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), 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.
SJW Group (NYSE:SJW) and American States Water (NYSE:AWR) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
SJW Group currently has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.84%. American States Water has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.02%. Given SJW Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe SJW Group is more favorable than American States Water.
84.3% of SJW Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American States Water shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of SJW Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of American States Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SJW Group received 163 more outperform votes than American States Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave SJW Group an outperform vote while only 50.67% of users gave American States Water an outperform vote.
SJW Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. American States Water pays an annual dividend of $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. SJW Group pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American States Water pays out 62.6% 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. American States Water has raised its dividend for 71 consecutive years. SJW Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, SJW Group had 7 more articles in the media than American States Water. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for SJW Group and 4 mentions for American States Water. American States Water's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat SJW Group's score of 0.51 indicating that American States Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
American States Water has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
SJW Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American States Water has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SJW Group beats American States Water on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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