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Best Cash Flow in the Water Utilities Industry Detected in Shares of Consolidated Water (CWCO, YORW, PNNW, AWR, MSEX)

Written on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 4:52am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Water Utilities industry as measured by the price to cash flow ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 42.5x based on a current price of $12.05 and a free cash flow per share of $0.28.
York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 62.2x based on a current price of $14.7 and a free cash flow per share of $0.24.
Pennichuck (NASDAQ:PNNW) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 166.4x based on a current price of $22.7 and a free cash flow per share of $0.14.
American States Water (NYSE:AWR) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 171.4x based on a current price of $35.9 and a free cash flow per share of $0.21.
Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 474.4x based on a current price of $16.75 and a free cash flow per share of $0.04.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of CWCO and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 07, 2010 at $12.88. The stock has fallen 6.5% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:cwco consolidated water price to free cash

Ticker(s): CWCO YORW PNNW AWR MSEX

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