ARTNA vs. MSEX, YORW, CWCO, CDZI, AWK, AWR, CWT, SJW, GWRS, and PCYO
Should you be buying Artesian Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Artesian Resources include Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.
Artesian Resources vs.
Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) and Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Middlesex Water pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artesian Resources pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Middlesex Water has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Artesian Resources has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Middlesex Water presently has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.90%. Given Middlesex Water's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Artesian Resources.
Middlesex Water received 57 more outperform votes than Artesian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.49% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote while only 53.94% of users gave Artesian Resources an outperform vote.
79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Middlesex Water shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Middlesex Water and Middlesex Water both had 4 articles in the media. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Artesian Resources' score of 1.44 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Middlesex Water has a net margin of 22.53% compared to Artesian Resources' net margin of 18.96%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat Artesian Resources' return on equity.
Middlesex Water has higher revenue and earnings than Artesian Resources. Artesian Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middlesex Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Middlesex Water beats Artesian Resources on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ARTNA) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
