MSEX Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

American Water Works Co., Inc. has a net margin of 18.32% compared to Middlesex Water Co.'s net margin of 18.73%. Middlesex Water Co.'s return on equity of 9.17% beat American Water Works Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 10.42%.

Middlesex Water Co. has a consensus price target of $56.00, signalling upside risk potential of 3.46%. On the other hand American Water Works Co., Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $138.40 which suggests that it could grow by 6.98%. Given that American Water Works Co., Inc. has higher upside potential than Middlesex Water Co., analysts believe American Water Works Co., Inc. is more attractive than Middlesex Water Co..

Middlesex Water Co. has a beta of 0.894, which suggesting that the stock is 10.648% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American Water Works Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.771, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 22.856%.

Middlesex Water Co. has a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.59%. American Water Works Co., Inc. offers a yield of 2.56% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share. Middlesex Water Co. pays 58.55% of its earnings as a dividend. American Water Works Co., Inc. pays out 58.1% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Middlesex Water Co. quarterly revenues are $47M, which are smaller than American Water Works Co., Inc. quarterly revenues of $1.3B. Middlesex Water Co.'s net income of $8.6M is lower than American Water Works Co., Inc.'s net income of $238M. Notably, Middlesex Water Co.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 22.95x while American Water Works Co., Inc.'s PE ratio is 22.71x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Middlesex Water Co. is 5.04x versus 4.91x for American Water Works Co., Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

American States Water Co. has a net margin of 18.32% compared to Middlesex Water Co.'s net margin of 17.44%. Middlesex Water Co.'s return on equity of 9.17% beat American States Water Co.'s return on equity of 13.25%.

Middlesex Water Co. has a consensus price target of $56.00, signalling upside risk potential of 3.46%. On the other hand American States Water Co. has an analysts' consensus of $72.00 which suggests that it could fall by -1.29%. Given that Middlesex Water Co. has higher upside potential than American States Water Co., analysts believe Middlesex Water Co. is more attractive than American States Water Co..

Middlesex Water Co. has a beta of 0.894, which suggesting that the stock is 10.648% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American States Water Co. has a beta of 0.686, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 31.403%.

Middlesex Water Co. has a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.59%. American States Water Co. offers a yield of 2.66% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share. Middlesex Water Co. pays 58.55% of its earnings as a dividend. American States Water Co. pays out 57.6% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Middlesex Water Co. quarterly revenues are $47M, which are smaller than American States Water Co. quarterly revenues of $164.3M. Middlesex Water Co.'s net income of $8.6M is lower than American States Water Co.'s net income of $28.7M. Notably, Middlesex Water Co.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 22.95x while American States Water Co.'s PE ratio is 21.67x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Middlesex Water Co. is 5.04x versus 4.29x for American States Water Co.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Cadiz, Inc. has a net margin of 18.32% compared to Middlesex Water Co.'s net margin of -170.45%. Middlesex Water Co.'s return on equity of 9.17% beat Cadiz, Inc.'s return on equity of -101.92%.

Middlesex Water Co. has a consensus price target of $56.00, signalling upside risk potential of 3.46%. On the other hand Cadiz, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $11.67 which suggests that it could grow by 119.71%. Given that Cadiz, Inc. has higher upside potential than Middlesex Water Co., analysts believe Cadiz, Inc. is more attractive than Middlesex Water Co..

Middlesex Water Co. has a beta of 0.894, which suggesting that the stock is 10.648% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Cadiz, Inc. has a beta of 2.035, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 103.533%.

Middlesex Water Co. has a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.59%. Cadiz, Inc. offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Middlesex Water Co. pays 58.55% of its earnings as a dividend. Cadiz, Inc. pays out 16.4% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Middlesex Water Co. quarterly revenues are $47M, which are larger than Cadiz, Inc. quarterly revenues of $4.1M. Middlesex Water Co.'s net income of $8.6M is higher than Cadiz, Inc.'s net income of -$7.1M. Notably, Middlesex Water Co.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 22.95x while Cadiz, Inc.'s PE ratio is --. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Middlesex Water Co. is 5.04x versus 26.06x for Cadiz, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

California Water Service Group has a net margin of 18.32% compared to Middlesex Water Co.'s net margin of 19.64%. Middlesex Water Co.'s return on equity of 9.17% beat California Water Service Group's return on equity of 8.22%.

Middlesex Water Co. has a consensus price target of $56.00, signalling upside risk potential of 3.46%. On the other hand California Water Service Group has an analysts' consensus of $52.00 which suggests that it could grow by 13.66%. Given that California Water Service Group has higher upside potential than Middlesex Water Co., analysts believe California Water Service Group is more attractive than Middlesex Water Co..

Middlesex Water Co. has a beta of 0.894, which suggesting that the stock is 10.648% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.643, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.724%.

Middlesex Water Co. has a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.59%. California Water Service Group offers a yield of 2.7% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share. Middlesex Water Co. pays 58.55% of its earnings as a dividend. California Water Service Group pays out 34.43% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Middlesex Water Co. quarterly revenues are $47M, which are smaller than California Water Service Group quarterly revenues of $311.2M. Middlesex Water Co.'s net income of $8.6M is lower than California Water Service Group's net income of $61.1M. Notably, Middlesex Water Co.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 22.95x while California Water Service Group's PE ratio is 20.00x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Middlesex Water Co. is 5.04x versus 2.72x for California Water Service Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.