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Best Value Investment in the Water Utilities Industry Detected in Shares of Consolidated Water (CWCO, PCYO, MSEX, CTWS, SJW)

Written on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 4:45am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Water Utilities industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) has a price to book ratio of 1.3x based on a current price of $10.89 and a book value per share of $8.68.
Purecycle (NASDAQ:PCYO) has a price to book ratio of 1.3x based on a current price of $2.78 and a book value per share of $2.16.
Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) has a price to book ratio of 1.6x based on a current price of $16.23 and a book value per share of $10.28.
Connecticut Water Service (NASDAQ:CTWS) has a price to book ratio of 1.7x based on a current price of $21.27 and a book value per share of $12.57.
SJW (NYSE:SJW) has a price to book ratio of 1.7x based on a current price of $23.15 and a book value per share of $13.57.
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 15.5% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:cwco consolidated water price to book ratio

Ticker(s): CWCO PCYO MSEX CTWS SJW

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