Small cap OTC drinking water stocks Glacier Water Services, Inc (OTCMKTS: GWSV), AWG International Water Corp (OTCBB: AWGI) and Alkaline Water Company Inc (OTCBB: WTER) all offer a product that many consumer, investors and traders alike might take for granted, but everyone needs to have. However, you can build a better mouse trap when it comes to drinking water or at least that what these three small caps are attempting to do with their own unique strategies:
Glacier Water Services, Inc. Founded in 1983, Glacier Water Services designs, distributes and operates water vending machines that dispense great-tasting drinking water at a very low cost to the consumer. In 2011, the company introduced ice machines that make, bag, seal and store ice for sale in stores or outside businesses. Today, Glacier Water Services has more than 23,500 machines outside and inside retailers in North America (47 US states plus Canada). On Wednesday, Glacier Water Services reported a 14.4% revenue increase to $31,996,000, a 1% same-store revenue increase, EBITDA increased 25% to $5,711,000 and a net loss of $1,412,000 verses $1,200,000 for the same period last year. It should also be noted that back in August, Glacier Water Services acquired selected assets of ISB - In-Store Bagging Machine Company to expand its portfolio and integrate with the company's ice products. However, small cap Glacier Water Services is very lightly traded as it last closed on August 26th at $24 a share (GWSV has a 52 week trading range of $19.00 to $28.00 a share) for a market cap of $78.72 million plus shares are up 17.1% over the past year and down 46.7% over the past five years.
AWG International Water Corp. For more than a decade, AWG International Water Corp has used air-to-water technology to make long-lasting, safe water generators. Specifically, AWG International Water Corp offers the 2500 Model which generates 5 gallons of drinking water daily, the WaterPro 100 which use waste oil to produce up to 100 gallons of culinary-quality water every day and the WaterPro 400 Air-to-Water generator which can be customized for a community or project needs. However, I am not seeing any press releases or news from the company, albeit it looks to be up-to-date on SEC financial filings with the latest one available on the company's investor relations page. On Thursday, small cap AWG International Water Corp closed at $0.09 (AWGI has a 52 week trading range of $0.08 to $0.25 a share) for a market cap of $9.94 million plus the stock is down 50% over the past year and down 80% over the past five years.
Alkaline Water Company Inc. Consisting of a group of beverage professionals, scientists and water engineers who have been studying the benefits of Alkaline water for the past 10 years, the Alkaline Water Company is one of the more interesting small cap drinking water stocks as its product is a pH balanced bottled alkaline drinking water enhanced with 84 trace minerals and electrolytes. Specifically, the Alkaline Water Company has developed ALKALINE84 as a flagship product which is designed to encourage daily consumption of Alkaline Water through a bulk delivery system aimed at removing expensive small bottles from the distribution supply chain. This is done through an Arizona-based specialty equipment manufacturer to make its water technology that will be deployed directly at partner bottling facilities located strategically across the country. The company has projected the need for up to 14 additional systems over the next twelve to eighteen months. This week, Alkaline Water Company announced that the Food City arm of Bashas' Supermarkets in Arizona has selected the company's products for immediate placement in its 48 stores plus the company announced retail distribution and marketing support under the auspices of KeHE Distributors Inc - a wholesale supplier of ethnic, gourmet, organic and natural food items which serves more than 33,000 retailers across the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. In addition, Alkaline Water Company has announced that ALKALINE84 will be available for purchase at a number of regional retail outlets including: Superior Grocers (40 locations), Vallarta Supermarkets (41 locations) and Northgate Gonzalez Markets, with 36 locations servicing Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties; plus the company has announced deals with the Las Vegas Beer and Beverage Company as well as deals with with two of Southern California's premier specialty food brokers, Perimeter Sales and Merchandising, and SAVI Sales and Marketing. On Thursday, small cap Alkaline Water Company ros! e 9.56% to $0.779 (WTER has a 52 week trading range of $0.04 to $0.80 a share) for a market cap of $61.84 million plus the stock is up 29.8% since last May.
The Bottom Line. Investors and traders alike might want to at least take a close look at small cap drinking water stocks Glacier Water Services, AWG International Water Corp and Alkaline Water Company.
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