ARTNA vs. CWCO, YORW, MSEX, GWRS, PCYO, GNE, CNSL, CLNE, BROG, and EDN
Should you be buying Artesian Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Artesian Resources include Consolidated Water (CWCO), York Water (YORW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Genie Energy (GNE), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Brooge Energy (BROG), and Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) and Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Consolidated Water had 11 more articles in the media than Artesian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Consolidated Water and 0 mentions for Artesian Resources. Consolidated Water's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Artesian Resources' score of 0.84 indicating that Artesian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Consolidated Water received 120 more outperform votes than Artesian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Consolidated Water an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Artesian Resources an outperform vote.
Consolidated Water presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.30%. Given Artesian Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Consolidated Water is more favorable than Artesian Resources.
55.2% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Consolidated Water shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Consolidated Water pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Artesian Resources pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Water has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Artesian Resources has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Artesian Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Consolidated Water has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Artesian Resources has a net margin of 17.25% compared to Artesian Resources' net margin of 17.24%. Artesian Resources' return on equity of 18.02% beat Consolidated Water's return on equity.
Consolidated Water has higher revenue and earnings than Artesian Resources.
Summary
Consolidated Water beats Artesian Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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