WTTR vs. ARIS, CRAI, CIFR, PSFE, AMPL, ECVT, ADEA, SEAT, MAX, and KFRC
Should you be buying Select Water Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Select Water Solutions include Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), CRA International (CRAI), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Paysafe (PSFE), Amplitude (AMPL), Ecovyst (ECVT), Adeia (ADEA), Vivid Seats (SEAT), MediaAlpha (MAX), and Kforce (KFRC). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Aris Water Solutions (NYSE:ARIS) and Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Select Water Solutions received 299 more outperform votes than Aris Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.81% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Aris Water Solutions an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aris Water Solutions had 7 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Aris Water Solutions and 12 mentions for Select Water Solutions. Aris Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 0.40 indicating that Select Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aris Water Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $14.36, suggesting a potential downside of 13.62%. Select Water Solutions has a consensus target price of $11.83, suggesting a potential upside of 18.22%. Given Aris Water Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Aris Water Solutions.
Aris Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Select Water Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Aris Water Solutions. Select Water Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aris Water Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
39.7% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aris Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Aris Water Solutions pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Select Water Solutions pays out 36.9% 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. Select Water Solutions has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Select Water Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Aris Water Solutions has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Aris Water Solutions' net margin of 4.28%. Aris Water Solutions' return on equity of 7.46% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Select Water Solutions beats Aris Water Solutions on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WTTR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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