MSEX Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

American Water Works has a net margin of 25.99% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 26.46%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat American Water Works's return on equity of 9.79%.

Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $63.00, signalling upside risk potential of 14.52%. On the other hand American Water Works has an analysts' consensus of $140.76 which suggests that it could grow by 11.79%. Given that Middlesex Water has higher upside potential than American Water Works, analysts believe Middlesex Water is more attractive than American Water Works.

Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.815, which suggesting that the stock is 18.466% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American Water Works has a beta of 0.696, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 30.352%.

Middlesex Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.4%. American Water Works offers a yield of 2.39% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.77 per share. Middlesex Water pays 71.57% of its earnings as a dividend. American Water Works pays out 56.36% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Middlesex Water quarterly revenues are $55.1M, which are smaller than American Water Works quarterly revenues of $1.3B. Middlesex Water's net income of $14.3M is lower than American Water Works's net income of $350M. Notably, Middlesex Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.79x while American Water Works's PE ratio is 24.98x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Middlesex Water is 5.35x versus 5.45x for American Water Works. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

American States Water has a net margin of 25.99% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 22.15%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat American States Water's return on equity of 13.7%.

Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $63.00, signalling upside risk potential of 14.52%. On the other hand American States Water has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 9%. Given that Middlesex Water has higher upside potential than American States Water, analysts believe Middlesex Water is more attractive than American States Water.

Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.815, which suggesting that the stock is 18.466% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American States Water has a beta of 0.513, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 48.723%.

Middlesex Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.4%. American States Water offers a yield of 2.25% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share. Middlesex Water pays 71.57% of its earnings as a dividend. American States Water pays out 48.99% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Middlesex Water quarterly revenues are $55.1M, which are smaller than American States Water quarterly revenues of $161.8M. Middlesex Water's net income of $14.3M is lower than American States Water's net income of $35.8M. Notably, Middlesex Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.79x while American States Water's PE ratio is 26.86x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Middlesex Water is 5.35x versus 5.14x for American States Water. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

SJW Group has a net margin of 25.99% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 17.17%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat SJW Group's return on equity of 7.14%.

Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $63.00, signalling upside risk potential of 14.52%. On the other hand SJW Group has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 28.21%. Given that SJW Group has higher upside potential than Middlesex Water, analysts believe SJW Group is more attractive than Middlesex Water.

Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.815, which suggesting that the stock is 18.466% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison SJW Group has a beta of 0.625, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 37.491%.

Middlesex Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.4%. SJW Group offers a yield of 3.19% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share. Middlesex Water pays 71.57% of its earnings as a dividend. SJW Group pays out 56.37% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Middlesex Water quarterly revenues are $55.1M, which are smaller than SJW Group quarterly revenues of $225.1M. Middlesex Water's net income of $14.3M is lower than SJW Group's net income of $38.7M. Notably, Middlesex Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.79x while SJW Group's PE ratio is 18.18x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Middlesex Water is 5.35x versus 2.25x for SJW Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Essential Utilities has a net margin of 25.99% compared to Middlesex Water's net margin of 15.95%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.03%.

Middlesex Water has a consensus price target of $63.00, signalling upside risk potential of 14.52%. On the other hand Essential Utilities has an analysts' consensus of $45.70 which suggests that it could grow by 25.69%. Given that Essential Utilities has higher upside potential than Middlesex Water, analysts believe Essential Utilities is more attractive than Middlesex Water.

Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.815, which suggesting that the stock is 18.466% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.850, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 15.003%.

Middlesex Water has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.4%. Essential Utilities offers a yield of 3.48% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share. Middlesex Water pays 71.57% of its earnings as a dividend. Essential Utilities pays out 63.59% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Middlesex Water quarterly revenues are $55.1M, which are smaller than Essential Utilities quarterly revenues of $435.3M. Middlesex Water's net income of $14.3M is lower than Essential Utilities's net income of $69.4M. Notably, Middlesex Water's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.79x while Essential Utilities's PE ratio is 18.18x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Middlesex Water is 5.35x versus 5.08x for Essential Utilities. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.