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Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO) vs Pure Cycle Corporation (PCYO)

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Pure Cycle Corporation are both Utilities Regulated Water companies. Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $460.5M against $268.0M — 1.7× the size. Pure Cycle Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 18.1× against 27.4×. Pure Cycle Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.9% against −1.16%. Pure Cycle Corporation has the higher net margin (43.7% vs 12.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.05% vs 9.94%). Across the 22 metrics below, Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. leads on 12 and Pure Cycle Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric CWCO PCYO Utilities Regulated Water median
P/E 27.40 18.07 20.81
P/S 3.54 7.88 4.51
P/B 1.96 1.75 1.96
Price to free cash flow 14.88 65.98 —
EV/EBITDA 13.63 18.00 14.30
EV/Sales 2.50 8.04 6.15
Earnings yield 3.65% 5.54% 4.80%
Free cash flow yield 6.72% 1.52% (4.40%)

Profitability

Metric CWCO PCYO Utilities Regulated Water median
Gross margin 35.36% 61.97% 71.91%
Operating margin 12.26% 37.67% 29.22%
Net margin 12.64% 43.66% 20.19%
Free cash flow margin 23.80% 11.94% (19.49%)
Return on equity 7.12% 10.22% 9.00%
Return on assets 6.20% 8.99% 3.21%
Return on invested capital 9.94% 5.05% 4.08%

Growth

Metric CWCO PCYO Utilities Regulated Water median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.16%) 22.88% 6.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (35.59%) 12.50% 1.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.70% 0.18% 7.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 37.70% 14.20% 9.40%

Health

Metric CWCO PCYO Utilities Regulated Water median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.09 0.93
Current ratio 5.95 1.53 1.01
Net debt to EBITDA (4.76) (1.52) 4.42

Dividend

Metric CWCO PCYO Utilities Regulated Water median
Dividend yield 1.98% — 2.81%
Payout ratio 0.56 — 0.57

Size

Metric CWCO PCYO Utilities Regulated Water median
Market cap 460.53m 267.96m 1.02b

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