GWRS vs. WAAS, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, PCYO, CDZI, AWK, WTRG, and SBS
Should you be buying Global Water Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Water Resources include AquaVenture (WAAS), Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS).
Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) and AquaVenture (NYSE:WAAS) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Global Water Resources has a net margin of 12.05% compared to AquaVenture's net margin of -9.87%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 13.32% beat AquaVenture's return on equity.
Global Water Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AquaVenture. AquaVenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Water Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AquaVenture has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Water Resources received 65 more outperform votes than AquaVenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.77% of users gave AquaVenture an outperform vote while only 65.46% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Global Water Resources had 5 more articles in the media than AquaVenture. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Global Water Resources and 0 mentions for AquaVenture. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat AquaVenture's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of AquaVenture shares are held by institutional investors. 54.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.3% of AquaVenture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Global Water Resources beats AquaVenture on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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