MSEXMiddlesex Water Company

$53.42+3.3% 1Y
Latest close: back above its 200-day averageOct 9, 2026what changed →

Is the price fair?

Fair

Neither cheap nor expensive: nothing decisive, though cheap against its own history.

1 good, 1 neutral, 1 without data
Vs its own P/E rangecheapest in 41 quartersderived

Cheap vs its own history: P/E 20.6 vs a 25.9 median over 41 quarters (−20% vs median).

Vs sector (EV/EBIT)23.5×derived · Jun 30, 2026

Sector median 22.4× across 56 covered peers. EV/EBIT counts debt as part of the price, so a cash-rich and a borrowed company can be compared on the same footing.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

P/E (valuation)middle of the market

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What MSEX's price assumes

Middlesex Water Company trades at 20.6× earnings against 20.6× for the median Utilities - Regulated Water name, cheaper than its own group.

20.6

Trailing P/E · Utilities - Regulated Water median 20.6 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
4.93

Price / sales · today's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026

Price / book
1.95

Price / book · today's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026

EV / sales
6.88

EV / sales

Details›
Price / booktoday's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
1.95
EV / EBITtoday's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
23.5
EV / salestoday's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
6.88
Utilities median P/E86 names
19.8
Utilities - Regulated Water median P/E10 names
20.6
Market capitalisation
$1.02B
What the market has paid for these earnings: 41 quarters of its own multiple × $2.59 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$59.99
Its own P/E history, median$67.16
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$78.81
52-week range$47.94 – $60.71
Today$53.42

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.