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.
FY 2025 ·
Decision snapshot: MSEX stock price at discount vs VRSN $58.26 current versus $75.38 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at VRSN's multiple
Implied fair value · at MSEX's multiple
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple discount
Value edge
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: MSEX FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · VRSN FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Eight 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 90% equity / 10% debt · EV / Revenue 17.34x · EV / EBITDA 23.47x
VRSN carries the larger enterprise value at $28.73B against $1.48B; MSEX trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (7.61x vs 17.34x); MSEX on the lower EV / EBITDA (16.80x vs 23.47x).
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.
VERISIGN INC/CA · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
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.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.78x
-1.36x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
4.35x
1.93x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$2.80M
$580.50M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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