Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Why is Artesian Resources Corp. ?
1
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 5.32% and Operating profit at 5.70% over the last 5 years
2
Positive results in Jun 25
- OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 36.26 MM
- ROCE(HY) Highest at 9.34%
- DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 7.77
3
With ROCE of 8.28%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.24 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 1.37%, its profits have risen by 23% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.7
4
High Institutional Holdings at 67.96%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
- The stock has generated a return of 1.37% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (S&P 500) returns of 15.98%
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Artesian Resources Corp. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Other Utilities should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Other Utilities)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Artesian Resources Corp. for you?
Low Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Artesian Resources Corp.
-100.0%
-0.32
22.43%
S&P 500
13.95%
0.81
19.85%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
5.32%
EBIT Growth (5y)
5.70%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
3.60
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
4.15
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.72
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.25
Tax Ratio
25.90%
Dividend Payout Ratio
59.68%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
68.08%
ROCE (avg)
7.94%
ROE (avg)
9.03%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
16
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.42
EV to EBIT
14.99
EV to EBITDA
10.77
EV to Capital Employed
1.24
EV to Sales
4.73
PEG Ratio
0.70
Dividend Yield
3.31%
ROCE (Latest)
8.28%
ROE (Latest)
8.86%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Sideways
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
Technical Movement
9What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)
Highest at USD 36.26 MM
ROCE(HY)
Highest at 9.34%
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 7.77
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by -4.75% (YoY
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Lowest at 73.28 %
-1What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)
Lowest at 50.39%
Here's what is working for Artesian Resources Corp.
Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 36.26 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three yearsMOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations
Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 7.77 and Grown
In each year in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 73.28 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital
Debt-Equity Ratio
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -4.75% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales
Here's what is not working for Artesian Resources Corp.
Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 50.39%
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend
DPR (%)






