Artesian Resources Corporation - Class A Non-Voting (ARTNA): Price and Financial Metrics

Artesian Resources Corporation - Class A Non-Voting (ARTNA): $42.75

0.70 (+1.66%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

D

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Industry: Water

Industry

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ARTNA Price/Volume Stats

Current price $42.75 52-week high $63.00
Prev. close $42.05 52-week low $38.76
Day low $41.34 Volume 34,500
Day high $43.03 Avg. volume 41,697
50-day MA $41.48 Dividend yield 2.8%
200-day MA $48.43 Market Cap 439.34M

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ARTNA POWR Grades

  • ARTNA scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 74.22% of US stocks.
  • ARTNA's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
  • ARTNA ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 9th percentile.

ARTNA Stock Summary

  • Of note is the ratio of ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.15% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
  • For ARTNA, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 95% of US equities we're observing.
  • ARTNA's price/sales ratio is 4.21; that's higher than the P/S ratio of 77.99% of US stocks.
  • Stocks that are quantitatively similar to ARTNA, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are MSEX, NJR, SR, MTN, and ES.
  • ARTNA's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORP's official web site, go to www.artesianresources.com.

ARTNA Valuation Summary

  • In comparison to the median Utilities stock, ARTNA's price/sales ratio is 158.82% higher, now standing at 4.4.
  • ARTNA's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.6 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ARTNA.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
ARTNA 2023-11-06 4.4 1.9 26.1 19.2
ARTNA 2023-11-03 4.4 1.9 26.1 19.2
ARTNA 2023-11-02 4.2 1.8 25.1 18.7
ARTNA 2023-11-01 4.1 1.8 24.3 18.3
ARTNA 2023-10-31 4.1 1.8 24.3 18.3
ARTNA 2023-10-30 4.1 1.8 24.4 18.3

ARTNA Growth Metrics

    The year over year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 91.97%.
  • Its year over year price growth rate is now at 10.2%.
  • The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 44.85%.
ARTNA's revenue has moved up $16,525,000 over the prior 67 months.

The table below shows ARTNA's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30 96.355 37.349 18.733
2022-06-30 94.76 28.4 17.645
2022-03-31 92.311 29.813 17.104
2021-12-31 90.859 31.31 16.827
2021-09-30 90.036 25.071 16.881
2021-06-30 89.786 25.019 16.888

ARTNA's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • ARTNA has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 22.73% of graded US stocks.
  • ARTNA's asset turnover comes in at 0.15 -- ranking 84th of 105 Utilities stocks.
  • FE, SRE, and NEP are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ARTNA.

The table below shows ARTNA's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 0.150 0.441 0.042
2021-03-31 0.151 0.442 0.042
2020-12-31 0.152 0.444 0.043
2020-09-30 0.153 0.445 0.043
2020-06-30 0.151 0.438 0.043
2020-03-31 0.152 0.432 0.042

ARTNA Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of ARTNA, see our ARTNA price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $55.00 Average Broker Recommendation 1.5 (Moderate Buy)

Artesian Resources Corporation - Class A Non-Voting (ARTNA) Company Bio


Artesian Resources Corporation provides water, wastewater, and other services on the Delmarva Peninsula. It distributes and sells water to residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, and utility customers in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1905 and is based in Newark, Delaware.


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Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTN.A) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.2897

The board of Artesian Resources Corporation ( NASDAQ:ARTN.A ) has announced that it will be paying its dividend of...

Yahoo | November 10, 2023

Artesian Resources Corporation Reports Third Quarter and Year-To-Date 2023 Results

NEWARK, Del., Nov. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artesian Resources Corporation (Nasdaq: ARTNA), a leading provider of water and wastewater services, and related services, on the Delmarva Peninsula, today announced third quarter and year-to-date results for 2023. Third Quarter Results Revenues totaled $26.6 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 respectively. Other utility operating revenue increased approximately $0.4 million, or 13.9%, primarily due to

Yahoo | November 6, 2023

Artesian Resources Corporation Announces Second 2% Increase This Year in Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

NEWARK, Del., Nov. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artesian Resources Corporation (Nasdaq: ARTNA) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a 2% increase in the quarterly common stock dividend. This increase will raise the quarterly dividend to $0.2897 per share on the company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock, lifting the annualized dividend rate to $1.1588 per share payable November 24, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 16, 2023. “Artesian has rem

Yahoo | November 6, 2023

Those who invested in Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTN.A) five years ago are up 34%

The main point of investing for the long term is to make money. Furthermore, you'd generally like to see the share...

Yahoo | October 9, 2023

Ticking Time Bombs: 3 Utilities Stocks to Dump Before the Damage Is Done

The market is turning a bit and, with the VIX index and oil creeping higher, the time is nearing to bail on these utilities stocks to sell.

Gabriel Osorio-Mazzilli on InvestorPlace | September 29, 2023

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ARTNA Price Returns

1-mo 5.95%
3-mo -7.12%
6-mo -11.05%
1-year -19.80%
3-year 21.12%
5-year 36.75%
YTD -25.36%
2022 29.97%
2021 28.22%
2020 2.47%
2019 9.66%
2018 -7.19%

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