WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. Common Stock

NYSE · US · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water · essential.co

38.79USD-1.50%Mkt Cap: 11.18B $P/E: 20.19Today

Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, and natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water; and Regulated…

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Key Statistics

Company

Market Cap11.18B USD

Enterprise Value19.70B USD

Revenue (TTM)2.57B USD

Gross Profit1.43B USD

Net Income (TTM)616.37M USD

Revenue/Share9.08 USD

Last Price38.79 USD

Fiscal Year EndDec 2025

MR QuarterJun 2026

Employees3.3K

CountryUS

SectorUtilities

IndustryUtilities - Regulated Water

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Valuation

P/E (Trailing)20.19

P/E (Forward)16.55

PEG3.51

EV/EBITDA14.60

EV/Revenue7.67

P/S4.35

P/B1.59

EPS (TTM)1.95

EPS (Forward)2.38

52W Range

36.2441% of range42.51

52W High42.51 USD

52W Low36.24 USD

Profitability

Gross Margin57.84%

Oper. Margin35.41%

EBITDA Margin52.55%

Profit Margin24.91%

ROE8.99%

ROA3.17%

Growth

Revenue Growth3.10%

Earnings Growth-2.60%

Cash Flow & Leverage

Operating CF1.01B USD

CapEx (TTM)1.43B USD

FCF Margin-25.60%

FCF Yield-5.88%

Net Debt8.53B USD

Net Debt/EBITDA6.32

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity1.21

Current Ratio0.78

Quick Ratio0.53

Book Value/Sh24.73 USD

Cash/Share0.03 USD

Dividends

Fwd Div Rate1.44 USD

Trail. Div Rate1.37 USD

Div. Yield3.66%

5Y Avg Yield2.90%

Payout Ratio69.92%

Ex-Div DateAug 11, 2026

Pay DateSep 1, 2026

Splits

Last Split5:4

Split DateSep 3, 2013

Analyst Consensus

Rating2.7 (Hold)

Strong BuyBuyHoldSellStr. Sell

Target (Mean)42.20 USD

Upside (mean)+8.8%

Target Range38.00 USD – 49.00 USD

38.00+8.8% to mean49.00

# Analysts5

Ownership

Shares Out.283.78M

Float282.84M

Insiders0.22%

Institutions81.96%

Short Interest

Short Ratio3.2d

Short % Float3.05%

Short % Out.2.66%

Shares Short7.54M

Short (prev mo.)5.19M

Technical

SMA 5040.45 (-4.1%)

SMA 20039.19 (-1.0%)

Beta0.63

S&P 52W Chg14.58%

Avg Vol (30d)2.36M

Avg Vol (10d)2.46M

Technical Indicators

RSI (14)41.5

MACD-0.4485

MACD Signal-0.2047

MACD Hist.-0.2437

BB Upper42.82 USD

BB Middle40.57 USD

BB Lower38.32 USD

BB Width11.11%

ATR (14)0.7777 USD

Vol Ratio (20d)0.93x