---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-051031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSEX"
cik: "0000066004"
company_name: "MIDDLESEX WATER CO"
filed_at: "2026-07-30T20:01:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-30T20:03:29.457384+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middlesex Water Q2 net income $14.8M, EPS $0.79 vs $0.60 YoY; dividend $0.36

## Summary
- Net income $14.8M, diluted EPS $0.79 vs $0.60 in Q2 2025.
- Operating revenues $56.4M, up $7.0M YoY on wholesale demand, consumption, rate increases.
- Invested $53M in infrastructure in H1 2026, 42% of planned $126M annual investment.
- Declared Q3 dividend $0.36/share, payable Sept 1, 2026; 53 consecutive years of increases.
- Six-month net income $25.4M, EPS $1.36 vs $1.13 in prior year period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-051031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSEX
- cik: 0000066004
- company_name: MIDDLESEX WATER CO
- filed_at: 2026-07-30T20:01:45+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66004/000162828026051031/0001628280-26-051031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66004/000162828026051031/msex-20260730.htm

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