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$32.99 -0.23 (-0.69%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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ARTNA vs. MSEX, YORW, CWCO, CDZI, AWK, AWR, CWT, HTO, 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), H2O America (HTO), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO).

Artesian Resources vs. Its Competitors

Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) and Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Middlesex Water had 3 more articles in the media than Artesian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Middlesex Water and 4 mentions for Artesian Resources. Artesian Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Middlesex Water's score of 1.30 indicating that Artesian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Middlesex Water
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Artesian Resources
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Middlesex Water currently has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.13%. Given Middlesex Water's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Artesian Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Middlesex Water
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Artesian Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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 insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Middlesex Water pays out 56.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artesian Resources pays out 56.7% 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 has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Middlesex Water has a net margin of 22.15% compared to Artesian Resources' net margin of 20.84%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.67% beat Artesian Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Middlesex Water22.15% 9.67% 3.42%
Artesian Resources 20.84%9.55%2.86%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Middlesex Water$191.88M5.06$44.35M$2.4222.28
Artesian Resources$107.95M3.15$20.39M$2.1715.20

Summary

Middlesex Water beats Artesian Resources on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ARTNA vs. The Competition

MetricArtesian ResourcesUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$342.57M$7.28B$17.19B$10.14B
Dividend Yield3.70%2.72%5.36%4.60%
P/E Ratio15.2018.2752.3125.98
Price / Sales3.154.3928.78181.13
Price / Cash10.2313.2419.1860.44
Price / Book1.422.322.226.29
Net Income$20.39M$420.94M$755.16M$271.07M
7 Day Performance-0.75%-0.64%0.92%3.87%
1 Month Performance-0.99%0.63%0.95%5.49%
1 Year Performance-14.04%-2.98%212.23%25.86%

Artesian Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.8762 of 5 stars
$32.99
-0.7%
N/A-14.0%$342.57M$107.95M15.20240News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.6245 of 5 stars
$53.10
-2.0%
$61.00
+14.9%
-16.7%$975.96M$191.88M21.94350News Coverage
Positive News
YORW
York Water
4.0965 of 5 stars
$30.43
-1.9%
N/A-21.1%$447.20M$74.96M22.21110News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
CWCO
Consolidated Water
4.6416 of 5 stars
$33.52
-0.8%
$40.00
+19.3%
+28.6%$538.17M$133.97M20.69200Positive News
CDZI
Cadiz
3.5178 of 5 stars
$3.69
+3.9%
$10.00
+171.0%
+25.2%$291.17M$9.61M-7.2410High Trading Volume
AWK
American Water Works
4.5649 of 5 stars
$139.99
-2.5%
$143.30
+2.4%
-6.1%$28.02B$4.68B25.226,700News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
AWR
American States Water
4.1326 of 5 stars
$73.40
-1.7%
$77.50
+5.6%
-12.0%$2.88B$615.96M22.45810News Coverage
Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.7006 of 5 stars
$46.34
-1.6%
$56.00
+20.9%
-15.8%$2.81B$990.69M20.231,278Positive News
HTO
H2O America
3.7259 of 5 stars
$49.79
-1.3%
$56.50
+13.5%
-16.7%$1.78B$748.44M16.32760Positive News
GWRS
Global Water Resources
3.5653 of 5 stars
$9.71
-0.7%
N/A-24.6%$268.83M$52.69M44.1490Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
PCYO
Pure Cycle
1.3667 of 5 stars
$10.96
-0.5%
N/A+7.7%$265.30M$28.75M19.9340News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:ARTNA) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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