Global Water Resources (GWRS) Competitors

Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) and Pure Cycle (NASDAQ:PCYO) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Is GWRS or PCYO more profitable?

Pure Cycle has a net margin of 34.68% compared to Global Water Resources' net margin of 12.05%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 13.32% beat Pure Cycle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Water Resources	12.05%	13.32%	1.77%
Pure Cycle	34.68%	5.49%	4.89%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GWRS or PCYO?

27.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Pure Cycle shares are held by institutional investors. 54.9% of Global Water Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Pure Cycle shares are held by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GWRS or PCYO?

Global Water Resources received 109 more outperform votes than Pure Cycle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.79% of users gave Pure Cycle an outperform vote while only 65.46% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Water Resources	Outperform Votes 290 65.46%	Underperform Votes 153 34.54%
Pure Cycle	Outperform Votes 181 67.79%	Underperform Votes 86 32.21%

Do analysts rate GWRS or PCYO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Water Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Pure Cycle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, GWRS or PCYO?

Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pure Cycle has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GWRS or PCYO?

Global Water Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Pure Cycle. Pure Cycle 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Water Resources	$51.51M	6.19	$7.98M	$0.26	50.73
Pure Cycle	$18.83M	12.18	$4.70M	$0.27	35.26

Does the media prefer GWRS or PCYO?

In the previous week, Global Water Resources had 13 more articles in the media than Pure Cycle. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Global Water Resources and 0 mentions for Pure Cycle. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Pure Cycle'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	Neutral
Pure Cycle	Neutral

Summary

Global Water Resources beats Pure Cycle on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.