---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000863110-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARTNA"
cik: "0000863110"
company_name: "ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T21:26:15.183275+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Artesian Resources Q1 net income up 19% to $4.4M; EPS $0.43 vs $0.39

## Summary
- Net income $4.4M, up 19.1% YoY; diluted EPS $0.43, up 10.3% from $0.39.
- Revenue $24.5M, up 9.1% YoY; water sales up 10% on temporary 7.5% rate increase.
- Operating expenses up 5.6% driven by water treatment costs, payroll, and benefits.
- Capital expenditures $8.9M in Q1; construction began on Sussex Regional Recharge Facility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000863110-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARTNA
- cik: 0000863110
- company_name: ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863110/000086311024000014/0000863110-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863110/000086311024000014/8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000863110-24-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000863110-24-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000863110-24-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORP reported financial results for first quarter of 2024.
  - Period: first quarter of 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 6, 2024, Artesian Resources Corporation (“Artesian Resources” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863110/000086311024000014/0000863110-24-000014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.