Middlesex Water Company primarily delivers vital water and wastewater utility services, structured around two key business units. Its regulated operations are dedicated ...
Middlesex Water Company is a regulated utility business whose core purpose is to collect, treat, distribute, and manage water while also providing wastewater services. The company serves a mix of residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, and fire-protection customers. Its principal operating footprint is in New Jersey and Delaware, where it owns ...Middlesex Water Company is a regulated utility business whose core purpose is to collect, treat, distribute, and manage water while also providing wastewater services. The company serves a mix of residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, and fire-protection customers. Its principal operating footprint is in New Jersey and Delaware, where it owns or operates regulated water and wastewater systems and provides related infrastructure services.
The company reports two broad business areas. Its regulated operations acquire, treat, and distribute potable water, operate wastewater systems, maintain utility infrastructure, and provide service under rates and rules approved by state regulators. This regulated structure gives the business a relatively recurring revenue base, although profitability and cash flow are influenced by regulatory decisions, allowed returns, customer usage, weather, operating costs, financing costs, and the timing of rate cases. Its non-regulated operations provide contract-based management, operation, and maintenance services for municipal and private water and wastewater systems. These contracts can diversify the business beyond its owned utility systems but may have different margins, renewal characteristics, and competitive dynamics.
Water utilities are infrastructure-intensive businesses. Major cost and capital requirements generally include treatment plants, pumping stations, reservoirs, wells, distribution mains, service connections, meters, wastewater collection systems, technology, regulatory compliance, labor, energy, chemicals, maintenance, and financing. Unlike a manufacturing company, Middlesex Water does not have a conventional product bill of materials; its operational cost base is primarily the cost of producing and delivering safe water and maintaining long-lived network assets. Capital expenditure is therefore significant and is directed toward system reliability, regulatory compliance, replacement of aging infrastructure, capacity, resilience, and environmental performance.
The company is led by Nadine Leslie, who serves as Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer. She became president and CEO in March 2024, succeeding Dennis W. Doll. Middlesex Water is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol MSEX. The supplied financial snapshot reports approximately $1.10 billion in market capitalization, trailing revenue per share of $11.02, net income per share of $2.56, a dividend of $1.42 per share, and a dividend yield of about 2.4%; these figures are market-data snapshots and can change over time. The company’s reported workforce is 395 full-time employees. Its long-term priorities are expected to include reliable and affordable service, responsible infrastructure investment, regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction, environmental stewardship, and sustainable shareholder returns.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$194.7M
+1.5%
+15.7%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$42.8M
-3.4%
+39.3%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+39.2%
-24.4%
-18.6%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
+27.9%
+0.7%
+20.3%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
+22.0%
-4.8%
+20.4%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$-33.8M
-112.4%
+515.7%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
-17.3%
-109.3%
+459.3%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
84.1%
-2.6%
-1.4%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
0.45x
-14.1%
+27.0%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.