CWCO vs. MSEX, YORW, ARTNA, CDZI, AWK, CWT, AWR, SJW, GWRS, and PCYO
Should you be buying Consolidated Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Water include Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), California Water Service Group (CWT), American States Water (AWR), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.
Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) and Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, Consolidated Water had 3 more articles in the media than Middlesex Water. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Consolidated Water and 3 mentions for Middlesex Water. Consolidated Water's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Middlesex Water's score of 0.41 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Middlesex Water presently has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.65%. Consolidated Water has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.32%. Given Consolidated Water's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Consolidated Water.
Consolidated Water received 65 more outperform votes than Middlesex Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote.
Middlesex Water has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Consolidated Water. Consolidated Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middlesex Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Middlesex Water has a net margin of 21.55% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 17.24%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 18.02% beat Consolidated Water's return on equity.
Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Middlesex Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Consolidated Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Middlesex Water pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Water pays out 24.5% 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. Middlesex Water has increased its dividend for 51 consecutive years and Consolidated Water has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Middlesex Water is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Middlesex Water beats Consolidated Water on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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