Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF (HEP) Competitors

Global Water Resources (TSE:GWR) and Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF (TSE:HEP) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Is GWR or HEP a better dividend stock?

Global Water Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share. Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF pays an annual dividend of C$2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Global Water Resources pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to GWR or HEP?

In the previous week, Global Water Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Global Water Resources and 0 mentions for Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF. Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Global Water Resources' score of -0.55 indicating that Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global Water Resources	Negative
Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF	Neutral

Is GWR or HEP more profitable?

Global Water Resources has a net margin of 11.44% compared to Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF's net margin of 0.00%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 13.24% beat Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Water Resources	11.44%	13.24%	1.59%
Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GWR or HEP?

30.0% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 53.2% of Global Water Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GWR or HEP?

Global Water Resources received 108 more outperform votes than Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF an outperform vote while only 70.24% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Water Resources	Outperform Votes 118 70.24%	Underperform Votes 50 29.76%
Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GWR or HEP?

Global Water Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Water Resources	C$43.94M	0.00	C$5.03M	C$0.30	N/A
Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Global Water Resources beats Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.