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essential utilities inc. - WTRG

WTRG

Close Chg Chg %
38.46 -0.10 -0.25%

Closed Market

38.37

-0.10 (0.25%)

Volume: 1.38M

Last Updated:

Dec 31, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: essential utilities inc. - WTRG

WTRG Key Data

Open

$38.54

 Day Range

38.29 - 38.57

52 Week Range

33.19 - 42.37

 Market Cap

$10.85B

Shares Outstanding

282.98M

 Public Float

282.30M

Beta

0.80

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

15.95

 EPS

$2.42

Yield

347.52%

 Dividend

$0.34

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Nov 12, 2025

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.90M

  

WTRG Performance

1 Week
 
 -0.54%
 
1 Month
 
 0.95%
 
3 Months
 
 -2.59%
 
1 Year
 
 5.62%
 
5 Years
 
 -18.88%
 

WTRG Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 11
Full Ratings ➔

About essential utilities inc. - WTRG

Essential Utilities, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in providing water, wastewater, and natural gas services through its subsidiaries. It operates through the Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas segments. The Regulated Water segment includes water and wastewater regulated utility companies. The Regulated Natural Gas segment refers to natural gas utility companies, which provide natural gas distribution services. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, PA.

WTRG At a Glance

Essential Utilities, Inc.
762 West Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-3489
Phone 1-610-527-8000 Revenue 2.09B
Industry Water Utilities Net Income 595.31M
Sector Utilities 2024 Sales Growth 1.572%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 3,291
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WTRG Valuation

P/E Current 15.947
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 16.742
Price to Sales Ratio 4.778
Price to Book Ratio 1.61
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 12.94
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 15.694
Enterprise Value to Sales 8.48
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.437

WTRG Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 633,884.23
Income Per Employee 180,891.522
Receivables Turnover 6.755
Total Asset Turnover 0.117

WTRG Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.499
Quick Ratio 0.402
Cash Ratio 0.009

WTRG Profitability

Gross Margin 40.856
Operating Margin 36.32
Pretax Margin 27.49
Net Margin 28.537
Return on Assets 3.333
Return on Equity 9.844
Return on Total Capital 4.273
Return on Invested Capital 4.518

WTRG Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 124.746
Total Debt to Total Capital 55.505
Total Debt to Total Assets 41.891
Long-Term Debt to Equity 119.31
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 53.087
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Annual Financials for Essential Utilities Inc. - WTRG

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.88B 2.29B 2.05B 2.09B
Sales Growth
+28.40% +21.82% -10.24% +1.57%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.19B 1.54B 1.27B 1.23B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
297.95M 321.18M 343.69M 369.55M
Depreciation
292.19M 315.81M 338.65M 363.91M
Amortization of Intangibles
5.76M 5.37M 5.04M 5.65M
COGS Growth
+28.38% +29.28% -17.26% -2.97%
Gross Income
689.35M 751.21M 782.30M 852.30M
Gross Income Growth
+28.45% +8.97% +4.14% +8.95%
Gross Profit Margin
+36.70% +32.83% +38.09% +40.86%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
- - - -
-
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
- - - -
-
SGA Growth
- - - -
-
Other Operating Expense
86.64M 90.02M 90.21M 94.63M
Unusual Expense
(607.00K) 895.00K (582.00K) (1.16M)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
603.32M 660.29M 692.68M 758.83M
Non Operating Income/Expense
21.88M 22.68M 22.46M 117.12M
Non-Operating Interest Income
2.38M 3.67M 3.40M 3.32M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
203.20M 232.07M 283.36M 302.47M
Interest Expense Growth
+10.43% +14.21% +22.10% +6.74%
Gross Interest Expense
207.71M 238.12M 288.60M 309.84M
Interest Capitalized
4.51M 6.05M 5.24M 7.37M
Pretax Income
422.00M 450.91M 431.78M 573.48M
Pretax Income Growth
+59.26% +6.85% -4.24% +32.82%
Pretax Margin
+22.47% +19.71% +21.02% +27.49%
Income Tax
(9.61M) (14.33M) (66.44M) (21.84M)
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
(1.10M) 8.72M 13.40M 5.92M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(8.51M) (23.05M) (79.84M) (27.76M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
431.61M 465.24M 498.23M 595.31M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
431.61M 465.24M 498.23M 595.31M
Net Income Growth
+51.52% +7.79% +7.09% +19.49%
Net Margin Growth
+22.98% +20.33% +24.26% +28.54%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
431.61M 465.24M 498.23M 595.31M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
431.61M 465.24M 498.23M 595.31M
EPS (Basic)
1.6762 1.774 1.8648 2.1734
EPS (Basic) Growth
+46.98% +5.83% +5.12% +16.55%
Basic Shares Outstanding
257.49M 262.25M 267.17M 273.91M
EPS (Diluted)
1.6718 1.7698 1.8614 2.1694
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+49.44% +5.86% +5.18% +16.55%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
258.18M 262.87M 267.66M 274.42M
EBITDA
900.66M 982.36M 1.04B 1.13B
EBITDA Growth
+25.59% +9.07% +5.44% +8.83%
EBITDA Margin
+47.95% +42.93% +50.43% +54.03%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 43.333
Number of Ratings 11 Current Quarters Estimate 1.023
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 2.236
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.411 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 2.123 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 2.40
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 4 4 8 4
Mean Estimate 1.02 0.38 2.24 2.40
High Estimates 1.09 0.42 2.26 2.42
Low Estimate 0.91 0.32 2.22 2.38
Coefficient of Variance 7.72 11.54 0.66 0.68

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 2 2 1
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 2
HOLD 6 6 8
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 0
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for Essential Utilities Inc. - WTRG

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Feb 21, 2025 Robert A. Rubin Chief Accounting Officer 54,604 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Robert A. Rubin Chief Accounting Officer 53,617 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $35.65 per share 1,911,446.05
Feb 21, 2025 Christopher H. Franklin Chief Executive Officer 276,744 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Christopher H. Franklin Chief Executive Officer 257,722 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $35.65 per share 9,187,789.30
Feb 21, 2025 Michael Huwar President 15,656 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Michael Huwar President 13,797 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $35.65 per share 491,863.05
Feb 21, 2025 Christopher Paul Luning EVP, General Counsel 70,269 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Christopher Paul Luning EVP, General Counsel 66,407 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $35.65 per share 2,367,409.55
Feb 21, 2025 Dan J. Schuller Executive Vice President 69,126 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Dan J. Schuller Executive Vice President 63,920 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $35.65 per share 2,278,748.00
Feb 21, 2025 Colleen Arnold President 13,877 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Colleen Arnold President 12,012 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $35.65 per share 428,227.80

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