MSEX Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own MSEX shares is 272, representing 75.96% of the company's common stock.

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MSEX by -2.65% restricting it's holding to 20.05 thousand shares of worth nearly $1.05M. THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS also lessened -2.64% of the MSEX shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 15.45 thousand shares of worth $811.00K. STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE also shunned MSEX shares holding by -0.98% last quarter which brought its holding to 10.85 thousand shares worth $569.00K.

As per its latest 13F filing, PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ increased its stake in MSEX by 39.45% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 20.62 thousand shares having worth more than $1.08M. GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also added 2.49% more shares of MSEX to its portfolio, raising its holding to 400.25 thousand shares of worth $21.02M. RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC also increased its MSEX shares holding by 37.94% which brought its holding to 284.7 thousand shares worth $14.95M.

The insider with the most stakes in MSEX is Doll Dennis W , President & CEO at the company. Additionally, MSEX stock is highly held by director Cosgrove James F. Jr. and President Esposito Gerard L among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.73% percent of Middlesex Water Company's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which MSEX insiders have sold stock, totaling 143 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include CAPKO ROBERT JOHN, REINHARD WALTER G, and GINEGAW LORRIE BETH.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Middlesex Water Company insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Middlesex Water Company shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.73% of MSEX stock.

MSEX President & CEO, Doll Dennis W holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MSEX shares owned by Doll total nearly 52.11 thousand.

PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ is the largest institutional owner in MSEX which holds 20.62 thousand shares worth $1.08M or 0.12% of the total MSEX shares outstanding followed by GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC with ownership of 400.25 thousand shares representing 2.26% of the MSEX ownership. RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 284.7 thousand shares or 1.61% of the ownership worth more than $14.95M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the MSEX is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of MSEX shares short is 543.97K. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 17.86M shares of MSEX are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, MSEX has 17.52M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for MSEX is 2.89.