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 transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

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 5.0%. 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.

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

Does the media prefer 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. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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

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

30.0% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.2% of Global Water Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Global Water Resources beats Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.