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How Middlesex Water Company stacks up
MSEX · against 101 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #62 of 102 · scores higher than 40% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score11 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including MSEX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, which is weaker than most Utilities peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 90% of peers. Return on assets: 0.4% vs peer median 2.7%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.2% vs peer median 5.2%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 81% of peers. Operating margin: 29.2% vs peer median 18.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MSEX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MSEX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 101 reported | 5.2% | 5.0% | 51% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 101 reported | 29.2% | 15.3% | 81% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 99 reported | 0.4% | 2.6% | 11% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 99 reported | 9.8% | 6.8% | 68% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 103 reported | 53.7% | 27.3% | 84% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MSEXScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score