MSEX Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

American Water Works has a net margin of 18.69% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 19.9%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 10.17% beat American Water Works's return on equity of 10.38%.

Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $62.33, signalling downside risk potential of -1.81%. On the other hand American Water Works has an analysts' consensus of $138.28 which suggests that it could fall by -5.45%. Given that American Water Works has more downside risk than Middlesex Water, analysts believe Middlesex Water is more attractive than American Water Works.

Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.846, which suggesting that the stock is 15.381% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American Water Works has a beta of 0.687, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 31.322%.

Middlesex Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.1%. American Water Works offers a yield of 2.09% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.77 per share. Middlesex Water pays 53.03% of its earnings as a dividend. American Water Works pays out 55.66% 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 quarterly revenues are $47.1M, which are smaller than American Water Works quarterly revenues of $1.2B. Middlesex Water's net income of $8.8M is lower than American Water Works's net income of $239M. Notably, Middlesex Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.70x while American Water Works's PE ratio is 27.13x. 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 is 5.94x versus 6.09x for American Water Works. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

American States Water has a net margin of 18.69% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 19.87%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 10.17% beat American States Water's return on equity of 14.17%.

Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $62.33, signalling downside risk potential of -1.81%. On the other hand American States Water has an analysts' consensus of $79.33 which suggests that it could grow by 2.12%. Given that American States Water has higher upside potential than Middlesex Water, analysts believe American States Water is more attractive than Middlesex Water.

Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.846, which suggesting that the stock is 15.381% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American States Water has a beta of 0.467, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 53.349%.

Middlesex Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.1%. American States Water offers a yield of 2.35% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share. Middlesex Water pays 53.03% of its earnings as a dividend. American States Water pays out 56.19% 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 quarterly revenues are $47.1M, which are smaller than American States Water quarterly revenues of $143.1M. Middlesex Water's net income of $8.8M is lower than American States Water's net income of $28.4M. Notably, Middlesex Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.70x while American States Water's PE ratio is 24.51x. 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 is 5.94x versus 4.90x for American States Water. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

California Water Service Group has a net margin of 18.69% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 8.85%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 10.17% beat California Water Service Group's return on equity of 12.36%.

Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $62.33, signalling downside risk potential of -1.81%. On the other hand California Water Service Group has an analysts' consensus of $56.75 which suggests that it could grow by 17.62%. Given that California Water Service Group has higher upside potential than Middlesex Water, analysts believe California Water Service Group is more attractive than Middlesex Water.

Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.846, which suggesting that the stock is 15.381% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.495, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 50.526%.

Middlesex Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.1%. California Water Service Group offers a yield of 2.36% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share. Middlesex Water pays 53.03% of its earnings as a dividend. California Water Service Group pays out 34.31% 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 quarterly revenues are $47.1M, which are smaller than California Water Service Group quarterly revenues of $222.2M. Middlesex Water's net income of $8.8M is lower than California Water Service Group's net income of $19.7M. Notably, Middlesex Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.70x while California Water Service Group's PE ratio is 14.76x. 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 is 5.94x versus 2.73x for California Water Service Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

SJW Group has a net margin of 18.69% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 11.59%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 10.17% beat SJW Group's return on equity of 7.29%.

Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $62.33, signalling downside risk potential of -1.81%. On the other hand SJW Group has an analysts' consensus of $59.20 which suggests that it could grow by 10.45%. Given that SJW Group has higher upside potential than Middlesex Water, analysts believe SJW Group is more attractive than Middlesex Water.

Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.846, which suggesting that the stock is 15.381% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison SJW Group has a beta of 0.577, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 42.326%.

Middlesex Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.1%. SJW Group offers a yield of 3.02% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share. Middlesex Water pays 53.03% of its earnings as a dividend. SJW Group pays out 55.48% 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 quarterly revenues are $47.1M, which are smaller than SJW Group quarterly revenues of $197.8M. Middlesex Water's net income of $8.8M is lower than SJW Group's net income of $22.9M. Notably, Middlesex Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.70x while SJW Group's PE ratio is 18.81x. 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 is 5.94x versus 2.35x for SJW Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.