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Market cap

960.3M

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MSEX

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E19.2

P25 15.3P50 18.3P75 20.8

Trailing P/E21.5

P25 16.2P50 20.2P75 23.8

ROE9.2

P25 4.7P50 8.5P75 10.2

ROIC4.3

P25 2.4P50 3.8P75 4.8

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Indicator catalog

All MSEX market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Showing 256 of 256 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000066004
Company name	Middlesex Water Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	596680108
Employees	395
Employees Change	35%
Employees Change Percent	9.72
Enterprise value	$1.4B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Utilities - Regulated Water
Isin	US5966801087
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$960.3M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$51.56
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	504,068.35x
Sector	Utilities
Sic	4941
Symbol	MSEX
Website	https://www.middlesexwater.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4.57%
EV Earnings	31.59x
EV Sales Forward	6.35x
EV/EBIT	22.88x
EV/EBITDA	14.85x
EV/Sales	6.96x
FCF yield	-3.91%
Forward P/E	19.22x
P/B ratio	1.91x
P/E ratio	21.49x
P/S ratio	4.82x
PE Ratio10 Y	31.2x
PE Ratio3 Y	27.29x
PE Ratio5 Y	32.82x
PEG ratio	2.37x
PS Forward	4.4x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	30.43%
EBITDA Margin	46.88%
Gross margin	53.19%
Gross Profit	$105.9M
Net Income	$43.9M
Net Income Growth	1.85%
Net Income Growth Q	11.88%
Net Income Growth Quarters	1%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	6.74%
Net Income Growth5 Y	3.17%
Pretax Margin	24.56%
Profit Margin	22.07%
Profit Per Employee	$111,078
Profitable Years	34
ROA	2.84
Roa5y	2.6
ROCE	4.78
ROE	9.22
Roe5y	9.61
ROIC	4.26

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	5.07%
Cagr15y	9.89%
Cagr1y	-12.63%
Cagr20y	8.17%
Cagr3y	-9.27%
Cagr5y	-6.84%
Div CAGR10	6.06%
Div CAGR3	4.98%
Div CAGR5	5.75%
EPS Growth	-0.03
EPS Growth Q	8.11
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	5.6
EPS Growth5 Y	2.33
OCF Growth	-8.07%
OCF Growth Q	-14.88%
OCF Growth10 Y	1.51%
OCF Growth3 Y	-1.5%
OCF Growth5 Y	5.35%
Revenue Growth	1.77x
Revenue Growth Q	9.96x
Revenue Growth Quarters	1x
Revenue Growth Years	6x
Revenue Growth3 Y	6.59x
Revenue Growth5 Y	6.94x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.15
Assets	$1.4B
Cash	$2M
Current Assets	$46.8M
Current Liabilities	$119.7M
Debt	$428M
Debt EBITDA	$4.55
Debt Equity	$0.85
Equity	$502.4M
Interest Coverage	4.09
Liabilities	$883.6M
Long Term Assets	$1.3B
Long Term Liabilities	$764M
Net Cash	$-426M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-44.36
Net Debt EBITDA	$4.56
Net Debt Equity	$0.85
Tangible Book Value	$501M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$26.97
WACC	6.85

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.39
Inventory Turnover	12.32
Net Working Capital	$-20.2M
Quick ratio	0.26
Working Capital	$-72.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$-3.12

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-1.91%
Dividend Growth	5.58%
Dividend Growth Years	53%
Dividend per share	$1.44
Dividend Years	56
Dividend Yield	2.79%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-15
Last Dividend	$0.36
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	59.18%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	63.97%
1Y total return	-12.62%
200-day SMA	53.09
3Y total return	-25.32%
50-day SMA	52.48
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-29.83%
All Time High	121.4
All Time High Change	-57.54%
All Time High Date	2021-12-31
All Time Low	5.5
All Time Low Change	837.45%
All Time Low Date	1985-07-02
ATR	1.51
Beta	0.77
Beta1y	-0.08
Beta2y	-0.11
Ch YTD	2.26
High	52.28
High52	62.18
High52 Date	2025-10-27
High52ch	-17.07%
Low	51.54
Low52	44.17
Low52 Date	2025-11-03
Low52ch	16.73%
Ma50ch	-1.76%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-2.88%
RSI	46.5
RSI Monthly	43.57
RSI Weekly	47.01
Sharpe ratio	-0.41x
Sortino ratio	-0.37
Total Return	0.88%
Tr YTD	2.93
Tr15y	311.42%
Tr1m	-2.99%
Tr1w	1.24%
Tr3m	1.28%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	3
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.58
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	9.43
Earnings Revenue Estimate	49,740,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	12.28x
Operating Income	$60.6M
Operating margin	30.43
Price target	$61.33
Price Target Change	$18.95

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	18,107,552%
Float Percent	97.23%
Net Borrowing	33,449,000
Shares Insiders	2.75%
Shares Institutions	81.26%
Shares Out	18,624,329
Shares Qo Q	0.76%
Shares Yo Y	1.91%
Short Float	4.26%
Short Ratio	4.36
Short Shares	4.14

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-38.8M
Average Volume	196,201.35x
Bv Per Share	26.97
CAPEX	$-98.1M
Ch10y	35.76
Ch15y	183.3
Ch1m	-2.99
Ch1w	1.24
Ch1y	-14.86
Ch20y	170.5
Ch3m	0.62
Ch3y	-30.22
Ch5y	-36.09
Ch6m	-3.75
Change	0.29%
Change From Open	-0.35
Close	51.41
Days Gap	0.64
Depreciation Amortization	27,622,000
Dollar Volume	3,218,014.3
Earnings Date	2026-04-30
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$60.6M
EBITDA	$93.4M
EPS	$2.4
F Score	4
FCF	$-37.5M
FCF EV Yield	-2.71x
FCF Per Share	$-2.02
Financing CF	43,204,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,897
Graham Number	38.15947
Graham Upside	-25.99
Income Tax	$4.9M
Investing CF	-102,691,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-30
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2003-11-17
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-19
Lynch Fair Value	$12
Lynch Upside	-76.73
Ma150	53.1
Ma150ch	-2.9%
Ma20	52.05
Ma20ch	-0.94%
Net CF	1,058,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-30
Open	51.74
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	15.86
Payment Date	2026-06-01
Position In Range	2.7
Post Close	51.56
Postmarket Change Percent	0.03
Postmarket Price	$51.58
Ppne	1,183,049,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$10.29
Ptbv Ratio	1.92
Relative Volume	0.32x
Revenue	199,107,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.63x
Share Based Comp	1,249,000
Tax By Revenue	2.48x
Tax Rate	10.11%
Tr20y	380.73%
Tr6m	-2.45%
Us State	New Jersey
Volume	62,413

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Income

MSEX dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.8%

$1.44 annual per share

Payout ratio

+59.2%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+5.7%

53 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+0.9%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-15

Performance

MSEX stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns MSEX?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+81.3%

Float: +97.2% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+2.8%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

MSEX momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

46.5

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-2.9%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.77

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.41

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

MSEX vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
NEE	NextEra Energy Inc.	194.1B	23.6x	7.0x	3.1%	+10.2%	+42.3%	Kupuj

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