MSEX
Middlesex Water CompanyNASDAQ
Utilities • Utilities - Regulated Water
Factor tilt: Small-Cap Defensive
$59.87+0.62%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $1.12B
- 1 month
- +12.8%
- 3 months
- +3.7%
- 1 year
- +12.8%
- 52-week range
- $48.59$59.87
- Dividend, last 12 mo
- $1.44 · 2.41% yield
- Last ex-date
- Aug 17, 2026 · $0.36
- Dividend growth
- 15+ years in a row
- Short interest
- 4.0% of float731K shares · settled Oct 15, 2026 · -9.6% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- Revenue
- $212.26M
- Net income
- $52.01M
- Free cash flow
- $14.35M
- Book value
- $548.71M
- Total debt
- $438.06M
- P/E
- 21.4×
- Price / sales
- 5.3×
- Price / book
- 2×
- FCF yield
- +1.3%
- Net margin
- +24.5%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
End-of-day close from stored market data, not a live quote.
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.
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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.
- Website
- middlesexwater.com
- Headquarters
- Iselin, NJ, United States
- Employees
- 395
- Listed
- Mar 26, 1990
- Fiscal year ends
- December
Company profile from EODHD, stored Oct 31, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026filed Oct 29, 2026 | $60.2M | +11.3% | 47.3% | $22.3M | $18.0M |
| Jun 2026filed Jul 30, 2026 | $56.4M | +14.3% | 42.9% | $18.2M | $14.8M |
| Mar 2026filed Apr 30, 2026 | $48.7M | +10.0% | 52.8% | $13.1M | $10.6M |
| Dec 2025filed Feb 19, 2026 | $47.0M | -0.3% | 35.5% | $11.2M | $8.6M |
| Sep 2025filed Oct 31, 2025 | $54.1M | -1.8% | 43.3% | $17.7M | $14.0M |
| Jun 2025filed Jul 31, 2025 | $49.3M | +0.4% | 53.2% | $13.9M | $10.8M |
| Mar 2025filed May 1, 2025 | $44.3M | +9.3% | 52.4% | $11.6M | $9.5M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 28, 2025 | $47.1M | +22.0% | 47.5% | $10.5M | $8.8M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025filed Feb 19, 2026 | $194.7M | +1.5% | 39.2% | $54.4M | $42.8M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 28, 2025 | $191.9M | +15.4% | 51.9% | $53.2M | $44.4M |
| Dec 2023filed Mar 1, 2024 | $166.3M | +2.4% | 50.0% | $39.2M | $31.5M |
| Dec 2022filed Feb 24, 2023 | $162.4M | +13.5% | 51.3% | $47.3M | $42.4M |
| Dec 2021filed Feb 25, 2022 | $143.1M | +1.1% | 48.5% | $33.2M | $36.5M |
| Dec 2020filed Feb 25, 2021 | $141.6M | +5.2% | 50.0% | $37.4M | $38.4M |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched MSEX. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
730,973 shares short
-77,314 shares (-9.6%) vs Sep 30, 2026
4% of the stored float. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
808,287 shares short
-54,375 shares (-6.3%) vs Sep 15, 2026
4.4% of the stored float. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
862,662 shares short
+79,844 shares (+10.2%) vs Aug 31, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
782,818 shares short
-56,281 shares (-6.7%) vs Aug 14, 2026
4.3% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
839,099 shares short
+12,474 shares (+1.5%) vs Jul 31, 2026
4.6% of the stored float. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
826,625 shares short
-74,621 shares (-8.3%) vs Jul 15, 2026
4.6% of the stored float. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind MSEX’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
USD 0.38 per share
Ex-dividend date: Nov 16, 2026 (future recorded date)
Recorded pay date: Dec 1, 2026 (pending)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.36 per share
Ex-dividend date: Aug 17, 2026
Recorded pay date: Sep 1, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.36 per share
Ex-dividend date: May 15, 2026
Recorded pay date: Jun 1, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.36 per share
Ex-dividend date: Feb 17, 2026
Recorded pay date: Mar 2, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.36 per share
Ex-dividend date: Nov 17, 2025
Recorded pay date: Dec 1, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.34 per share
Ex-dividend date: Aug 15, 2025
Recorded pay date: Sep 2, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
4 for 3 · forward split
Effective Nov 17, 2003
Each 3 pre-split shares become 4 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
3 for 2 · forward split
Effective Jan 3, 2002
Each 2 pre-split shares become 3 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
2 for 1 · forward split
Effective Oct 2, 1992
Each 1 pre-split share becomes 2 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Holder IQ: LOW
16 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026
Insider context
Sentiment: unknown
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How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
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Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
228 filers reported a long position in MSEX for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
70%
of the 15.7M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
8 added2 trimmed
Net shares held
+2.7%
across the 10 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | $176M · 3.1M shares | 3.1M | +3.9% |
| 2 | T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | $98.1M · 1.7M shares | 1.7M | +0.3% |
| 3 | Neuberger Berman Group LLC | $90.1M · 1.6M shares | 1.6M | +3.5% |
| 4 | MORGAN STANLEY | $61.9M · 1.1M shares | 1.1M | -0.5% |
| 5 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $45.1M · 802.3K shares | 802.3K | -3.1% |
| 6 | STATE STREET CORP | $44.8M · 798.2K shares | 798.2K | +7.3% |
| 7 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $28.9M · 513.8K shares | 513.8K | +5.3% |
| 8 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $28.1M · 500.6K shares | 500.6K | +6.5% |
| 9 | Legal & General Group Plc | $24.6M · 437.5K shares | 437.5K | +7.8% |
| 10 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | $19.6M · 348.4K shares | 348.4K | +0.8% |
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| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC13G · passive | 5.18% |
| Apr 24, 2026 | BlackRock, Inc.13G · passive · amended | 16.1% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | VANGUARD GROUP INC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
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