Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)

NYSE: WTRG · USD

$42.3

-0.37 (-0.9%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	12B
Revenue (ttm)	2.6B
Net income (ttm)	554.9M
EPS (ttm)	$1.96
Shares out	283.8M
P/E (trailing)	21.6x
P/E (forward)	18.4x
Dividend	$1.44 (3.41%)
Volume	1,777,078
Beta	0.62

Market data

Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.6B
Net income (ttm): 554.9M
EPS (ttm): $1.96
P/E (trailing): 21.6x
P/E (forward): 18.4x
Market cap: 12B

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AEE	Ameren Corporation	29.9B	19.1x	3.6x	4.4%	+8.0%	+6.0%	Hold
AEP	American Electric Power Company Inc.	69.8B	20.9x	3.0x	4.3%	+7.6%	+13.5%	Hold
CEG	Constellation Energy Corporation	91.4B	25.0x	2.9x	7.4%	+10.8%	-33.6%	Sell

Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E18.4

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Trailing P/E21.6

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ROE8.1

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ROIC3.8

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000078128
Company name	Essential Utilities, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	29670G102
Earnings date	2026-11-03
Earnings time	amc
Employees	3,303
Employees change	12
Employees growth	0.36%
Enterprise value	$20.5B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1901
Industry	Utilities - Regulated Water
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US29670G1022
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-26
Last earnings date	2026-08-04
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2013-09-03
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$12B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-03
Options	Yes
Price	$42.27
Price currency	USD
Sector	Utilities
SIC code	4941
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	WTRG
U.S. state	Pennsylvania
Website	https://www.essential.co

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	21.14x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	27.8x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	18.33x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	21.59x
Earnings yield	4.63%
EV/Earnings	37.05x
EV/EBIT	22.55x
EV/EBITDA	15.23x
EV/Sales	8x
FCF / EV yield	-2.2%
FCF yield	-3.76%
Forward P/E	18.45x
Graham number	32.98923
Graham upside	-22.16%
Industry forward P/E	17.89x
Industry P/E	18.27x
Lynch fair value	$10.90
Lynch upside	-74.27%
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	11.86x
P/B ratio	1.72x
P/E ratio	21.61x
P/OCF ratio	11.7x
P/S ratio	4.68x
PEG ratio	3.51x
Price / tangible book value	2.58x
Price/EBITDA ratio	8.91x
Sector forward P/E	17.04x
Sector P/E	19.79x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	35.48%
EBITDA margin	52.56%
Effective tax rate	5.01%
Gross margin	56.43%
Operating margin	35.48%
Pretax margin	22.74%
Profit margin	21.6%
Profit per employee	$167,990
Profitable quarters	30
Profitable years	33
Revenue per employee	$777,685
ROA	2.96%
ROA (5Y)	2.78%
ROCE	4.71%
ROE	8.08%
ROE (5Y)	9.14%
ROIC	3.79%
SBC / revenue	0.51%
Tax / revenue	1.14%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-16.2%
EPS growth (Q)	-2.63%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-53.16%
EPS growth 10Y	5.27%
EPS growth 3Y	3.38%
EPS growth 5Y	3.33%
EPS growth years	6
Net income growth	-14.08%
Net income growth (Q)	-1.95%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-52.88%
Net income growth 3Y	5.97%
Net income growth 5Y	5.58%
Net income growth years	7
OCF growth	12.21%
OCF growth (Q)	18.82%
OCF growth (QoQ)	21.92%
OCF growth 10Y	10.13%
OCF growth 3Y	8.46%
OCF growth 5Y	8.75%
Revenue growth	9.86%
Revenue growth (Q)	3.1%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-38.4%
Revenue growth 10Y	12.17%
Revenue growth 3Y	3.7%
Revenue growth 5Y	7.33%
Revenue growth quarters	8
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-1.5B
Depreciation and amortization	$423.6M
EBIT	$911.4M
EBITDA	$1.3B
EPS	$1.96
FCF per share	$-1.59
Financing cash flow	$499.8M
Free cash flow	$-451.9M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$-465.1M
Gross profit	$1.4B
Income taxes	$29.2M
Investing cash flow	$-1.5B
Net borrowing	$741.4M
Net cash flow	$-16.4M
Net income	$554.9M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$1B
Operating income	$911.4M
Revenue	$2.6B
Stock-based compensation	$13.2M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$24.73
Debt / EBITDA	6.28
Debt / equity	1.22
Goodwill	$2.3B
Interest coverage	2.65
Long-term assets	$19.5B
Long-term liabilities	$12.3B
Net cash (debt)	$-8.5B
Net cash / market cap	-70.92%
Net debt / EBITDA	6.32
Net debt / equity	1.22
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$14.8B
Shareholders' equity	$7B
Tangible book value	$4.7B
Tangible book value per share	$16.44
Total assets	$19.9B
Total cash	$8.6M
Total debt	$8.5B
Total liabilities	$12.9B
WACC	6.07%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.13
Current assets	$465.3M
Current liabilities	$599M
Current ratio	0.78
Inventory turnover	12.02
Net working capital	$-44.1M
Quick ratio	0.52
Working capital	$-133.7M
Working capital turnover	-17.53

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-2.46%
Dividend growth	5.25%
Dividend growth (10Y)	6.65%
Dividend growth (3Y)	5.78%
Dividend growth (5Y)	6.27%
Dividend growth years	33
Dividend payment date	2026-12-01
Dividend payment years	56
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.44
Dividend yield	3.41%
Ex-dividend date	2026-11-10
Last dividend	$0.36
Payout ratio	73.75%
Shareholder yield	0.94%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	41.16%
10Y return CAGR	6.35%
10Y total return	85.03%
150-day SMA	$39.36
15Y price change	136.87%
15Y return CAGR	8.76%
15Y total return	252.63%
1D price change	-0.87%
1M price change	6.81%
1M total return	6.81%
1W price change	3.03%
1W total return	3.03%
1Y price change	3.91%
1Y return CAGR	7.75%
1Y total return	7.74%
20-day SMA	$40.37
200-day SMA	$39.37
20Y price change	114.45%
20Y return CAGR	6.71%
20Y total return	266.19%
3M price change	6.78%
3M total return	7.76%
3Y price change	26.86%
3Y return CAGR	12.1%
3Y total return	40.87%
50-day SMA	$40.65
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$43.61
52-week high date	2026-10-23
52-week low	$36.11
52-week low date	2026-06-01
5Y price change	-9.4%
5Y return CAGR	1.13%
5Y total return	5.8%
6M price change	7.13%
6M total return	9.11%
All-time high	$54.52
All-time high date	2020-02-18
All-time low	$0.82
All-time low date	1981-07-14
Average true range (ATR)	$0.83
Average volume	2.2M
Beta (1Y)	-0.57
Beta (2Y)	-0.28
Beta (5Y)	0.62
Change from 52-week high	-3.07%
Change from 52-week low	17.08%
Change from all-time high	-22.56%
Change from all-time low	5,053.81%
Change from open	-0.8%
Day's gap	-0.07%
Dollar volume	$75.1M
High price	$42.72
Low price	$42.22
Monthly RSI	57.04
Open price	$42.61
Position in 52-week range	10%
Premarket change	0%
Premarket close	$42.64
Premarket price	$42.64
Previous close	$42.64
Price vs 150-day SMA	7.26%
Price vs 20-day SMA	4.6%
Price vs 200-day SMA	7.24%
Price vs 50-day SMA	3.86%
Relative volume	0.8
RSI	61.38
Sharpe ratio	0.27
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.48
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.03
Sortino ratio	0.7
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.99
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.22
Volume	1.8M
Weekly RSI	60.36
YTD price change	10.06%
YTD total return	13.13%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	282.8M
Float percentage	99.67%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.16%
Shares change (YoY)	2.46%
Shares held by insiders	0.25%
Shares held by institutions	81.45%
Shares outstanding	283.8M
Short % of float	2.33%
Short % of shares	2.32%
Short ratio	2.6 days

Deeper analysis on WTRG

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)

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