Free Trial

Middlesex Water (MSEX) Competitors

Middlesex Water logo
$54.67 -1.01 (-1.81%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$54.62 -0.05 (-0.08%)
As of 07/11/2025 04:20 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

MSEX vs. YORW, AWK, AWR, CWT, WTRG, SJW, CWCO, ARTNA, CDZI, and GWRS

Should you be buying Middlesex Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Middlesex Water include York Water (YORW), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), Essential Utilities (WTRG), SJW Group (SJW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Cadiz (CDZI), and Global Water Resources (GWRS).

Middlesex Water vs. Its Competitors

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

York Water has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Middlesex Water has higher revenue and earnings than York Water. Middlesex Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than York Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
York Water$74.96M6.11$20.33M$1.3723.22
Middlesex Water$195.65M5.01$44.35M$2.4122.68

Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.58%. Given Middlesex Water's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than York Water.

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

York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. York Water pays out 64.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Middlesex Water pays out 56.4% 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. York Water has raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years and Middlesex Water has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years.

49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of York Water shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Middlesex Water shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

York Water has a net margin of 25.91% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 22.05%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.76% beat York Water's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
York Water25.91% 8.56% 3.13%
Middlesex Water 22.05%9.76%3.43%

In the previous week, York Water had 1 more articles in the media than Middlesex Water. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for York Water and 1 mentions for Middlesex Water. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat York Water's score of 0.81 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
York Water Positive
Middlesex Water Very Positive

Summary

Middlesex Water beats York Water on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Middlesex Water News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MSEX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MSEX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

MSEX vs. The Competition

MetricMiddlesex WaterUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$979.69M$7.21B$15.82B$9.11B
Dividend Yield2.44%2.66%5.60%4.01%
P/E Ratio22.6818.2820.0820.27
Price / Sales5.014.3929.78100.92
Price / Cash13.4812.9019.0557.67
Price / Book2.192.302.155.49
Net Income$44.35M$420.94M$751.09M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-1.67%-2.28%-0.60%4.78%
1 Month Performance-3.38%-0.30%1.84%9.58%
1 Year Performance-7.98%-1.99%13.15%16.41%

Middlesex Water Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSEX
Middlesex Water
3.9203 of 5 stars
$54.67
-1.8%
$61.00
+11.6%
-8.0%$979.69M$195.65M22.68350Positive News
YORW
York Water
3.6611 of 5 stars
$31.60
-0.8%
N/A-19.4%$455.04M$74.96M23.07110High Trading Volume
AWK
American Water Works
3.8717 of 5 stars
$139.15
+0.9%
$143.22
+2.9%
+2.3%$27.14B$4.68B25.356,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AWR
American States Water
4.0174 of 5 stars
$76.57
+0.2%
$77.50
+1.2%
-2.6%$2.95B$595.46M23.56810Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.9311 of 5 stars
$45.48
+0.0%
$58.00
+27.5%
-11.9%$2.71B$1.04B19.951,278News Coverage
Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.7881 of 5 stars
$37.11
+0.5%
$43.50
+17.2%
-7.8%$10.40B$2.09B16.643,291Positive News
SJW
SJW Group
3.744 of 5 stars
N/A$57.50
+∞
N/A$1.88B$766.66M17.93760
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.1786 of 5 stars
$30.02
+0.6%
N/A+9.9%$477.92M$133.97M18.53200News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.7193 of 5 stars
$33.56
-0.4%
N/A-13.9%$345.94M$109.29M16.13240Positive News
CDZI
Cadiz
3.5213 of 5 stars
$2.99
-4.2%
$10.00
+234.4%
-16.0%$255.45M$11.44M-5.4410
GWRS
Global Water Resources
1.5491 of 5 stars
$10.19
flat
N/A-16.2%$279.72M$52.69M44.3190

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:MSEX) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners