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Artesian Resources (ARTNA) Competitors

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

Should you be buying Artesian Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Artesian Resources include Middlesex Water (MSEX), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Cadiz (CDZI), American Water Works (AWK), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Global Water Resources (GWRS), and Pure Cycle (PCYO). These companies are all part of the "water supply" industry.

Artesian Resources vs.

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

Middlesex Water has a net margin of 22.53% compared to Artesian Resources' net margin of 18.96%. Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58% beat Artesian Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Middlesex Water22.53% 9.58% 3.31%
Artesian Resources 18.96%8.57%2.57%

79.5% of Middlesex Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Artesian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Middlesex Water shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Artesian Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Middlesex Water pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Artesian Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Middlesex Water pays out 55.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artesian Resources pays out 60.6% 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. Middlesex Water has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Middlesex Water$191.88M5.78$31.52M$2.4725.09
Artesian Resources$107.95M3.29$16.70M$1.9817.43

Middlesex Water currently has a consensus price target of $58.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.61%. Given Middlesex Water's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Middlesex Water is more favorable than Artesian Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Middlesex Water
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Artesian Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Middlesex Water received 57 more outperform votes than Artesian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.85% of users gave Middlesex Water an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Artesian Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Middlesex WaterOutperform Votes
234
59.85%
Underperform Votes
157
40.15%
Artesian ResourcesOutperform Votes
177
53.80%
Underperform Votes
152
46.20%

In the previous week, Middlesex Water had 4 more articles in the media than Artesian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Middlesex Water and 6 mentions for Artesian Resources. Middlesex Water's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Artesian Resources' score of 0.87 indicating that Middlesex Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Middlesex Water
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Artesian Resources
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artesian Resources has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Middlesex Water beats Artesian Resources on 20 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARTNA vs. The Competition

MetricArtesian ResourcesWater supply IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$355.56M$4.95B$15.85B$7.67B
Dividend Yield3.48%2.48%5.84%4.33%
P/E Ratio17.7021.2615.5418.28
Price / Sales3.296.1021.70105.58
Price / Cash11.0613.5218.5334.62
Price / Book1.542.612.014.22
Net Income$16.70M$200.07M$667.57M$247.51M
7 Day Performance-0.43%0.84%0.95%5.53%
1 Month Performance11.57%3.50%2.42%-4.21%
1 Year Performance-1.09%8.90%10.35%4.44%

Artesian Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.0073 of 5 stars
$34.51
-2.8%
N/A+1.6%$355.56M$107.95M17.70240
MSEX
Middlesex Water
2.23 of 5 stars
$62.87
+1.2%
$58.50
-7.0%
+29.9%$1.12B$191.88M27.33350Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
YORW
York Water
3.6678 of 5 stars
$35.05
+2.3%
N/A+0.3%$504.33M$74.96M23.68110Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.2855 of 5 stars
$23.97
flat
N/A-2.9%$380.52M$133.97M14.80200Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CDZI
Cadiz
3.7732 of 5 stars
$2.60
+8.3%
N/A+20.5%$212.64M$9.61M-5.1010
AWK
American Water Works
4.0928 of 5 stars
$148.82
+1.9%
$141.86
-4.7%
+22.8%$29.02B$4.68B27.616,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AWR
American States Water
3.3301 of 5 stars
$79.67
+1.8%
$74.00
-7.1%
+14.1%$3.07B$595.46M25.13810Positive News
CWT
California Water Service Group
4.4584 of 5 stars
$50.93
+1.2%
$54.67
+7.3%
+9.2%$3.03B$1.04B14.721,180Upcoming Earnings
SJW
SJW Group
3.1979 of 5 stars
$55.36
+3.6%
$56.00
+1.2%
-0.6%$1.89B$748.44M20.06760Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.7541 of 5 stars
$10.27
+1.0%
N/A-16.3%$277.56M$52.69M38.0490News Coverage
PCYO
Pure Cycle
0.8152 of 5 stars
$9.86
-2.5%
N/A+7.1%$237.40M$29.11M17.9340

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This page (NASDAQ:ARTNA) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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