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Market cap

10.6B

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E16.6

P25 15.3P50 18.3P75 20.8

Trailing P/E19

P25 16.2P50 20.2P75 23.8

ROE8.3

P25 4.7P50 8.5P75 10.2

ROIC3.7

P25 2.4P50 3.8P75 4.8

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Indicator catalog

All WTRG market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

237

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Currency

USD

Showing 237 of 237 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000078128
Company name	Essential Utilities, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	29670G102
Employees	3,303
Employees Change	12%
Employees Change Percent	0.36
Enterprise value	$19.1B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Utilities - Regulated Water
Isin	US29670G1022
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$10.6B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$37.47
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	772,857.4x
Sector	Utilities
Sic	4941
Symbol	WTRG
Website	https://www.essential.co

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	5.24%
EV Earnings	34.21x
EV Sales Forward	7.24x
EV/EBIT	21.51x
EV/EBITDA	14.56x
EV/Sales	7.46x
Forward P/E	16.65x
P/B ratio	1.54x
P/E ratio	18.99x
P/S ratio	4.16x
PE Ratio10 Y	28.07x
PE Ratio3 Y	18.58x
PE Ratio5 Y	21.94x
PEG ratio	3.4x
PS Forward	4.04x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	34.7%
EBITDA Margin	51.25%
Gross margin	55.3%
Gross Profit	$1.4B
Net Income	$557M
Net Income Growth	-9.19%
Net Income Growth Q	-20.93%
Net Income Growth Years	7%
Net Income Growth3 Y	6.79%
Net Income Growth5 Y	5.97%
Pretax Margin	23.01%
Profit Margin	21.82%
Profit Per Employee	$168,626
Profitable Years	33
ROA	2.91
Roa5y	2.78
ROCE	4.63
ROE	8.34
Roe5y	9.14
ROIC	3.75

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	4.15%
Cagr15y	7.78%
Cagr1y	-5.35%
Cagr20y	6.33%
Cagr3y	-1.27%
Cagr5y	-1.41%
Div CAGR10	6.77%
Div CAGR3	6.08%
Div CAGR5	6.45%
EPS Growth	-11.67
EPS Growth Q	-23.3
EPS Growth Years	6
EPS Growth3 Y	4.42
EPS Growth5 Y	3.78
Revenue Growth	13.07x
Revenue Growth Q	9.97x
Revenue Growth Quarters	7x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	3.31x
Revenue Growth5 Y	7.35x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.13
Assets	$19.8B
Current Assets	$622.6M
Current Liabilities	$654.4M
Debt	$8.4B
Debt EBITDA	$6.44
Debt Equity	$1.22
Equity	$6.9B
Interest Coverage	2.65
Liabilities	$12.9B
Long Term Assets	$19.2B
Long Term Liabilities	$12.2B
Net Cash	$-8.4B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-79.26
Net Debt EBITDA	$6.44
Net Debt Equity	$1.22
Tangible Book Value	$6.9B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$24.34
WACC	6.07

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.95
Net Working Capital	$30.2M
Working Capital	$-31.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$-17.37

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-2.8%
Dividend Growth	5.25%
Dividend Growth Years	33%
Dividend per share	$1.37
Dividend Years	56
Dividend Yield	3.66%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-12
Last Dividend	$0.34
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	69.47%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	50.14%
1Y total return	-5.35%
200-day SMA	39.11
3Y total return	-3.77%
50-day SMA	39.78
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-6.86%
All Time High	54.52
All Time High Change	-31.27%
All Time High Date	2020-02-18
All Time Low	0.21
All Time Low Change	17,675.14%
All Time Low Date	1971-08-12
ATR	0.95
Beta	0.66
Beta1y	-0.58
Beta2y	-0.16
Ch YTD	-2.32
High	37.99
High52	42.37
High52 Date	2025-10-22
High52ch	-11.56%
Low	37.42
Low52	36.32
Low52 Date	2025-07-08
Low52ch	3.17%
Ma50ch	-5.81%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-4.19%
RSI	36.25
RSI Monthly	45.72
RSI Weekly	42.59
Sharpe ratio	-0.33x
Sortino ratio	-0.21
Total Return	0.86%
Tr YTD	-1.42
Tr15y	207.74%
Tr1m	-7.41%
Tr1w	-1.47%
Tr3m	1.06%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	5
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$42.5
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.9
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-12.62
Earnings Revenue Estimate	779,972,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	-0.47x
Operating Income	$885.9M
Operating margin	34.7
Price target	$43.5
Price Target Change	$16.09
Price Target Change Top	$13.42

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	282,377,671%
Float Percent	99.56%
Shares Insiders	0.25%
Shares Institutions	78.72%
Shares Out	283,632,983
Shares Qo Q	0.01%
Shares Yo Y	2.8%
Short Float	1.51%
Short Ratio	2.24
Short Shares	1.5

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	2,481,705.3x
Bv Per Share	24.34
Ch10y	15.33
Ch15y	107.6
Ch1m	-7.41
Ch1w	-1.47
Ch1y	-8.61
Ch20y	101.6
Ch3m	0.13
Ch3y	-13
Ch5y	-19.66
Ch6m	-5.5
Change	-0.61%
Change From Open	-0.61
Close	37.7
Days Gap	0
Depreciation Amortization	413,535,000
Dollar Volume	37,704,899.4
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$885.9M
EBITDA	$1.3B
EPS	$1.97
F Score	4
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,901
Graham Number	32.86944
Graham Upside	-12.28
Income Tax	$30.4M
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2013-09-03
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-26
Lynch Fair Value	$11.78
Lynch Upside	-68.56
Ma150	39.36
Ma150ch	-4.79%
Ma20	38.8
Ma20ch	-3.44%
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-30
Open	37.7
Optionable	Yes
Payment Date	2026-06-01
Position In Range	8.77
Post Close	37.47
Postmarket Change Percent	-1.1
Postmarket Price	$37.06
Ppne	14,441,097,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$8.12
Ptbv Ratio	1.54
Relative Volume	0.41x
Revenue	2,552,748,000x
Tax By Revenue	1.19x
Tax Rate	5.18%
Tr20y	241.46%
Tr6m	-3.79%
Us State	Pennsylvania
Volume	1,006,269

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Income

WTRG dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+3.7%

$1.37 annual per share

Payout ratio

+69.5%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+6.4%

33 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+0.9%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-12

Performance

WTRG stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns WTRG?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+78.7%

Float: +99.6% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.2%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

WTRG momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

36.3

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-4.2%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.66

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.33

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

WTRG vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
NEE	NextEra Energy Inc.	194.1B	23.6x	7.0x	3.1%	+10.2%	+42.3%	Buy

Questions

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