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Middlesex Water Company

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water · NMS

$53.37

Data: 2026-05-28

✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$981M

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

21.94

Premium valuation

Forward P/E

17.61

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+10.0%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

22.1%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

9.2%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$60.00

+12% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

BUY

Consensus view from 2 analysts covering this stock

About Middlesex Water Company

Middlesex Water Company owns and operates regulated water utility and wastewater systems in the United States. It operates in two segments, Regulated and Non-Regulated. The company collects, treats, and distributes water on a retail and wholesale basis to residential, commercial, industrial, and fire protection customers; and provides regulated wastewater system. It also provides non-regulated contract services for the operation and maintenance of municipal and private water and wastewater systems. Middlesex Water Company was incorporated in 1896 and is headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey.

https://www.middlesexwater.com

Country: United States Employees: 395 Industry: Utilities - Regulated Water

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

0.0% N/A

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% N/A

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% N/A

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

MARKDOWN

Price trending down — defensive positioning

Sharpe Ratio

0.324

Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns

Kelly Fraction

0.0253

Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted

Calmar Ratio

0.181

Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile

Annual Return

5.4%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-29.8%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

SIDEWAYS

Price consolidating — no clear directional bias

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

0.78

Less volatile than the market — more defensive

52W High

$62.18

14% below the year high

52W Low

$44.17

21% above the year low

Avg Volume

156,273

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

4.9

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

5.5%

Moderate short interest

Div Yield

270.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$2.40

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

85.19

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

0.39

Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag

Quick Ratio

0.26

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

53.2%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

29.3%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$-30,407,376

Negative — the business is spending more than it generates

Revenue (TTM)

$199M

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$44M

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$65.00

Target Median

$60.00

Target Low

$55.00

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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