Middlesex Water Company
$1.48B- Market cap
- $1.10B
- Debt
- +$386.72M
- Cash
- −$2.80M
Capital structure 74% equity / 26% debt · EV / Revenue 7.61x · EV / EBITDA 16.80x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: MSEX stock price vs SVC: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at SVC's multiple
Needs SVC P/E.
Implied fair value · at MSEX's multiple
Needs EPS (TTM) is negative, MSEX P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: MSEX FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · SVC FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Ten fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 74% equity / 26% debt · EV / Revenue 7.61x · EV / EBITDA 16.80x
Capital structure 15% equity / 85% debt · EV / Revenue 3.39x · EV / EBITDA 32.76x
SVC carries the larger enterprise value at $6.14B against $1.48B; SVC trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (3.39x vs 7.61x); MSEX on the lower EV / EBITDA (16.80x vs 32.76x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
SERVICE PROPERTIES TRUST · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.78x
8.52x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
4.35x
27.51x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$2.80M
$346.81M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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