ARIS vs. WTTR, KELYA, BBSI, HCSG, NYAX, PCT, PSFE, DLX, TWKS, and MDRX
Should you be buying Aris Water Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aris Water Solutions include Select Water Solutions (WTTR), Kelly Services (KELYA), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Nayax (NYAX), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Paysafe (PSFE), Deluxe (DLX), Thoughtworks (TWKS), and Veradigm (MDRX). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Aris Water Solutions has a net margin of 4.82% compared to Select Water Solutions' net margin of 4.28%. Select Water Solutions' return on equity of 7.46% beat Aris Water Solutions' return on equity.
Aris Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Aris Water Solutions pays out 60.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Select Water Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than Aris Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Select Water Solutions and 11 mentions for Aris Water Solutions. Aris Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 0.45 indicating that Aris Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.7% of Aris Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Aris Water Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Aris Water Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential downside of 16.33%. Select Water Solutions has a consensus target price of $10.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.81%. Given Select Water Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Aris Water Solutions.
Select Water Solutions received 300 more outperform votes than Aris Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Aris Water Solutions an outperform vote.
Aris Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, indicating 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.
Summary
Select Water Solutions beats Aris Water Solutions on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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