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Middlesex Water Company MSEX

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58.77 USD -0.73 (-1.23%)

At closeNov 10, 2026, 4:00 PM EST

58.77 0.00 0.00%

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58.55 Day range 59.25
48.19 52-week range 60.72
YTD
+16.56%
1 year
+11.50%

Financial health

Altman Z-Score

1.25 Distress zone

Bankruptcy-risk model: below 1.81 distress, above 2.99 safe.

Piotroski F-Score

7 / 9 Strong

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency.

Rating

B3 / 5 overall

  • DCF 1
  • Return on Equity 3
  • Return on Assets 4
  • Debt / Equity 4
  • P/E 2
  • P/B 2

Valuation

P/E 21.4×
FY 2016: 30.9×FY 2017: 28.7×FY 2018: 26.9×FY 2019: 31.5×FY 2020: 33.1×FY 2021: 57.8×FY 2022: 32.8×FY 2023: 37.1×FY 2024: 21.2×FY 2025: 21.4×
FY 2016 5y median 32.8× FY 2025
P/S 4.7×
FY 2016: 5.3×FY 2017: 5.0×FY 2018: 6.3×FY 2019: 7.9×FY 2020: 8.9×FY 2021: 14.7×FY 2022: 8.5×FY 2023: 7.0×FY 2024: 4.9×FY 2025: 4.7×
FY 2016 5y median 7.0× FY 2025
P/B 1.8×
FY 2016: 3.2×FY 2017: 2.8×FY 2018: 3.5×FY 2019: 3.3×FY 2020: 3.6×FY 2021: 5.7×FY 2022: 3.4×FY 2023: 2.7×FY 2024: 2.1×FY 2025: 1.8×
FY 2016 5y median 2.7× FY 2025
P/FCF -27.1×
FY 2016: -2298×FY 2017: -87.4×FY 2018: -33.3×FY 2019: -20.0×FY 2020: -24.2×FY 2021: -45.4×FY 2022: -46.2×FY 2023: -31.1×FY 2024: -59.0×FY 2025: -27.1×
FY 2016 5y median -45.4× FY 2025
EV/EBITDA 14.1×
FY 2016: 16.1×FY 2017: 15.3×FY 2018: 19.8×FY 2019: 25.4×FY 2020: 26.4×FY 2021: 38.4×FY 2022: 21.8×FY 2023: 21.6×FY 2024: 14.3×FY 2025: 14.1×
FY 2016 5y median 21.6× FY 2025
EV/Sales 6.8×
FY 2016: 6.4×FY 2017: 6.3×FY 2018: 7.8×FY 2019: 9.8×FY 2020: 10.9×FY 2021: 17.0×FY 2022: 10.8×FY 2023: 9.5×FY 2024: 6.9×FY 2025: 6.8×
FY 2016 5y median 9.5× FY 2025
FCF Yield -3.7%
FY 2016: -0.0%FY 2017: -1.1%FY 2018: -3.0%FY 2019: -5.0%FY 2020: -4.1%FY 2021: -2.2%FY 2022: -2.2%FY 2023: -3.2%FY 2024: -1.7%FY 2025: -3.7%
FY 2016 5y median -2.2% FY 2025

Profitability

Gross Margin 39.2%
FY 2016: 50.7%FY 2017: 50.6%FY 2018: 48.2%FY 2019: 49.5%FY 2020: 50.0%FY 2021: 48.5%FY 2022: 51.3%FY 2023: 50.0%FY 2024: 51.9%FY 2025: 39.2%
FY 2016 5y median 50.0% FY 2025
Operating Margin 27.9%
FY 2016: 30.3%FY 2017: 28.9%FY 2018: 26.9%FY 2019: 26.4%FY 2020: 26.4%FY 2021: 23.2%FY 2022: 29.1%FY 2023: 23.6%FY 2024: 27.7%FY 2025: 27.9%
FY 2016 5y median 27.7% FY 2025
Net Margin 22.0%
FY 2016: 17.1%FY 2017: 17.4%FY 2018: 23.5%FY 2019: 25.2%FY 2020: 27.1%FY 2021: 25.5%FY 2022: 26.1%FY 2023: 19.0%FY 2024: 23.1%FY 2025: 22.0%
FY 2016 5y median 23.1% FY 2025
ROE 8.6%
FY 2016: 10.3%FY 2017: 9.8%FY 2018: 12.9%FY 2019: 10.4%FY 2020: 11.0%FY 2021: 9.9%FY 2022: 10.5%FY 2023: 7.4%FY 2024: 9.9%FY 2025: 8.6%
FY 2016 5y median 9.9% FY 2025
ROIC 3.7%
FY 2016: 4.5%FY 2017: 4.0%FY 2018: 5.0%FY 2019: 4.1%FY 2020: 4.0%FY 2021: 3.4%FY 2022: 4.3%FY 2023: 3.2%FY 2024: 3.8%FY 2025: 3.7%
FY 2016 5y median 3.7% FY 2025
ROA 3.1%
FY 2016: 3.7%FY 2017: 3.4%FY 2018: 4.2%FY 2019: 3.7%FY 2020: 3.9%FY 2021: 3.6%FY 2022: 3.9%FY 2023: 2.6%FY 2024: 3.5%FY 2025: 3.1%
FY 2016 5y median 3.5% FY 2025

Growth (YoY)

Revenue 1.5%
FY 2016: 5.5%FY 2017: -1.6%FY 2018: 5.6%FY 2019: -2.5%FY 2020: 5.2%FY 2021: 1.1%FY 2022: 13.5%FY 2023: 2.4%FY 2024: 15.4%FY 2025: 1.5%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Operating Income 2.2%
FY 2016: 12.4%FY 2017: -6.2%FY 2018: -1.7%FY 2019: -4.4%FY 2020: 5.3%FY 2021: -11.2%FY 2022: 42.5%FY 2023: -17.1%FY 2024: 35.7%FY 2025: 2.2%
FY 2016 FY 2025
EPS (diluted) -4.5%
FY 2016: 13.1%FY 2017: 0.0%FY 2018: 42.0%FY 2019: 2.6%FY 2020: 8.5%FY 2021: -5.0%FY 2022: 15.5%FY 2023: -26.4%FY 2024: 40.3%FY 2025: -4.5%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Free Cash Flow -112.4%
FY 2016: -101.2%FY 2017: -2353.3%FY 2018: -251.7%FY 2019: -102.3%FY 2020: 1.5%FY 2021: 11.3%FY 2022: 35.3%FY 2023: -24.8%FY 2024: 57.5%FY 2025: -112.4%
FY 2016 FY 2025

Financial Health

Current Ratio 0.4×
FY 2016: 0.6×FY 2017: 0.5×FY 2018: 0.3×FY 2019: 0.4×FY 2020: 0.6×FY 2021: 0.6×FY 2022: 0.3×FY 2023: 1.0×FY 2024: 0.5×FY 2025: 0.4×
FY 2016 5y median 0.5× FY 2025
Quick Ratio 0.4×
FY 2016: 0.5×FY 2017: 0.4×FY 2018: 0.3×FY 2019: 0.4×FY 2020: 0.5×FY 2021: 0.5×FY 2022: 0.3×FY 2023: 1.0×FY 2024: 0.4×FY 2025: 0.4×
FY 2016 5y median 0.4× FY 2025
Debt / Equity 0.8×
FY 2016: 0.7×FY 2017: 0.8×FY 2018: 0.8×FY 2019: 0.8×FY 2020: 0.8×FY 2021: 0.9×FY 2022: 0.9×FY 2023: 1.0×FY 2024: 0.9×FY 2025: 0.8×
FY 2016 5y median 0.9× FY 2025
Net Debt / EBITDA 4.4×
FY 2016: 2.8×FY 2017: 3.2×FY 2018: 3.8×FY 2019: 5.0×FY 2020: 4.8×FY 2021: 5.2×FY 2022: 4.5×FY 2023: 5.6×FY 2024: 4.1×FY 2025: 4.4×
FY 2016 5y median 4.5× FY 2025
Interest Coverage 3.8×
FY 2016: 8.6×FY 2017: 7.9×FY 2018: 6.9×FY 2019: 8.6×FY 2020: 10.8×FY 2021: 6.1×FY 2022: 6.7×FY 2023: 3.7×FY 2024: 4.2×FY 2025: 3.8×
FY 2016 5y median 4.2× FY 2025

Dividends

Dividend Yield 2.7%
FY 2016: 1.9%FY 2017: 2.2%FY 2018: 1.7%FY 2019: 1.5%FY 2020: 1.4%FY 2021: 0.9%FY 2022: 1.5%FY 2023: 1.9%FY 2024: 2.5%FY 2025: 2.7%
FY 2016 5y median 1.9% FY 2025
Payout Ratio 58.2%
FY 2016: 58.4%FY 2017: 62.0%FY 2018: 46.5%FY 2019: 48.1%FY 2020: 47.6%FY 2021: 53.3%FY 2022: 49.3%FY 2023: 71.6%FY 2024: 53.0%FY 2025: 58.2%
FY 2016 5y median 53.3% FY 2025

Annual · latest fiscal year ends 2025-12-31