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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Middlesex Water had 1 more articles in the media than Artesian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Middlesex Water and 3 mentions for Artesian Resources. Artesian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Middlesex Water's score of 0.48 indicating that Artesian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Middlesex Water presently has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.64%. Given Middlesex Water's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Artesian Resources.
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 3.7%. 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 raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Artesian Resources has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:ARTNA) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
