Distributes and sells water to residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, municipal, and utility customers. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $182.6M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 16.2× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 76% of them.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades 42% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
The net profit margin is 20% — still a thick cushion, though costs have been eating into it lately.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 8 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
It pays out $1.27 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 42/100.
No clear buy-side message is coming from the executive floor.
On our five-subject report card, ARTNA sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: ARTNA is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.