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Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO) vs H2O America (HTO)

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and H2O America are both Utilities Regulated Water companies. H2O America is the larger, with a market value of $3.0B against $425.0M — 7.1× the size. H2O America trades at the lower P/E: 23.9× against 25.8×. H2O America grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.22% against −1.16%. Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. has the higher net margin (12.6% vs 12.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.94% vs 2.92%). Both pay a dividend; H2O America yields more (2.79% vs 2.11%). Across the 22 metrics below, Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. leads on 13 and H2O America on 9.

Valuation

Metric CWCO HTO Utilities Regulated Water median
P/E 25.79 23.87 22.77
P/S 3.33 3.13 4.31
P/B 1.84 1.19 1.81
Price to free cash flow 14.01 n/m —
EV/EBITDA 12.50 13.52 14.60
EV/Sales 2.29 4.93 6.02
Earnings yield 3.88% 4.19% 4.40%
Free cash flow yield 7.14% (9.42%) (3.87%)

Profitability

Metric CWCO HTO Utilities Regulated Water median
Gross margin 35.36% 60.84% 70.20%
Operating margin 12.26% 20.74% 31.36%
Net margin 12.64% 12.51% 20.26%
Free cash flow margin 23.80% (29.44%) (16.20%)
Return on equity 7.12% 5.63% 9.21%
Return on assets 6.20% 1.90% 3.34%
Return on invested capital 9.94% 2.92% 4.26%

Growth

Metric CWCO HTO Utilities Regulated Water median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.16%) 4.22% 8.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (35.59%) 1.74% (0.37%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.70% 7.24% 6.91%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 37.70% 10.77% 10.09%

Health

Metric CWCO HTO Utilities Regulated Water median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.95 0.80
Current ratio 5.95 1.90 0.95
Net debt to EBITDA (4.76) 6.57 4.59

Dividend

Metric CWCO HTO Utilities Regulated Water median
Dividend yield 2.11% 2.79% 2.58%
Payout ratio 0.56 0.68 0.57

Size

Metric CWCO HTO Utilities Regulated Water median
Market cap 424.98m 3.03b 2.08b

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