Essential Utilities
WTRG
38.53
-0.28
-0.72%
Essential Utilities
US · WTRG
#1371 by market cap
Listed 1970
38.53
-0.28
-0.72%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 378s ago
· 2026-10-07 20:02
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- Market cap
- 10.93B
- P/E (TTM)i
- 19.76
- P/Bi
- 1.56
- EPSi
- 2.20
- Div yieldi
- 3.56%
- 52W posi
- 41%
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Weak
- Altman Z-Score is 0.96, below the 1.8 "distress zone" threshold.
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year +18.62% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 57.84%
- Operating margin
- 37.22%
- Net margin
- 24.91%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 19.18B
- PEG ratioi
- 2.01
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 0.96
PEG uses trailing P/E against the 3-year net income growth rate (9.83%/yr) since forward earnings estimates aren't available here, so this is not a "forward PEG." Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 838.09M | 889.69M | 1.46B | 1.88B | 2.29B | 2.05B | 2.09B | 2.47B |
| Gross profit | 529.61M | 556.59M | 768.34M | 987.30M | 1.07B | 1.13B | 1.22B | 1.43B |
| Selling & admin expenses | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 323.18M | 340.16M | 434.69M | 602.71M | 661.19M | 692.10M | 757.67M | 920.95M |
| Pretax profit | 178.32M | 211.53M | 264.97M | 422.00M | 450.91M | 431.78M | 573.48M | 619.81M |
| Tax | -13.67M | -13.02M | -19.88M | -9.61M | -14.33M | -66.45M | -21.84M | 3.45M |
| Net profit | 191.99M | 224.54M | 284.85M | 431.61M | 465.24M | 498.23M | 595.31M | 616.37M |
| Basic EPS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Diluted EPS | 1.08 | 1.04 | 1.12 | 1.67 | 1.77 | 1.86 | 2.17 | 2.20 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 783.63M | 514.91M | 476.97M | 699.11M | 861.76M | 530.85M |
| Gross profit | 461.16M | 309.66M | 301.38M | 358.99M | 447.35M | 331.02M |
| Selling & admin expenses | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 338.91M | 185.27M | 169.77M | 227.00M | 310.64M | 193.27M |
| Pretax profit | 263.19M | 112.40M | 96.38M | 147.85M | 230.78M | 109.12M |
| Tax | -20.60M | 4.57M | 4.30M | 15.17M | 6.39M | 3.39M |
| Net profit | 283.79M | 107.83M | 92.08M | 132.68M | 224.39M | 105.73M |
| Basic EPS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Diluted EPS | 1.03 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.79 | 0.37 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 147.17M | 2.02B | 380.22M | 437.80M | 658.16M | 491.98M | 485.91M | 610.40M |
| Cash & ST investments | 3.63M | 1.87B | 4.83M | 10.57M | 11.40M | 4.61M | 9.16M | 34.78M |
| Inventory | 15.84M | 18.38M | 58.40M | 109.56M | 199.74M | 112.67M | 93.93M | 112.45M |
| Total assets | 6.96B | 9.36B | 13.71B | 14.66B | 15.72B | 16.84B | 18.03B | 19.46B |
| Total current liabilities | 398.98M | 323.46M | 603.87M | 675.06M | 1.02B | 797.93M | 974.67M | 764.48M |
| Short-term debt | 159.99M | 130.78M | 162.55M | 197.15M | 427.86M | 227.54M | 329.35M | 171.96M |
| Long-term debt | 2.40B | 2.94B | 5.51B | 5.78B | 6.37B | 6.83B | 7.37B | 8.11B |
| Total liabilities | 4,955,132,000.00 | 5,481,125,000.00 | 9,021,400,000.00 | 9,473,828,000.00 | 10,341,721,000.00 | 10,945,276,000.00 | 11,827,745,000.00 | 12,607,389,000.00 |
| Total equity | 2.01B | 3.88B | 4.68B | 5.18B | 5.38B | 5.90B | 6.20B | 6.86B |
| Retained earnings | 1.17B | 1.21B | 1.26B | 1.43B | 1.53B | 1.71B | 1.95B | 2.28B |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 494.48M | 439.38M | 433.57M | 610.40M | 622.63M | 465.31M |
| Cash & ST investments | 20.78M | 25.07M | 6.40M | 34.78M | 75.93M | 8.63M |
| Inventory | 60.99M | 90.49M | 123.64M | 112.45M | 72.20M | 95.71M |
| Total assets | 18.33B | 18.55B | 18.89B | 19.46B | 19.78B | 19.94B |
| Total current liabilities | 756.61M | 598.76M | 728.11M | 764.48M | 654.45M | 598.99M |
| Short-term debt | 231.81M | 150.18M | 232.13M | 171.96M | 62.05M | 83.31M |
| Long-term debt | 7.52B | 7.62B | 7.69B | 8.11B | 8.36B | 8.42B |
| Total liabilities | 11,867,070,000.00 | 11,834,083,000.00 | 12,076,833,000.00 | 12,607,389,000.00 | 12,886,906,000.00 | 12,923,731,000.00 |
| Total equity | 6.46B | 6.72B | 6.82B | 6.86B | 6.89B | 7.02B |
| Retained earnings | 2.14B | 2.25B | 2.24B | 2.28B | 2.31B | 2.42B |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 368.52M | 338.52M | 508.02M | 644.68M | 600.31M | 933.59M | 770.34M | 1.01B |
| Depreciation & amortization | 146.67M | 156.48M | 257.06M | 297.95M | 321.18M | 343.70M | 369.55M | 417.47M |
| Free cash flow | -127.22M | -211.75M | -327.62M | -375.84M | -462.46M | -265.52M | -559.40M | -419.52M |
| Dividends paid | -150.74M | -188.51M | -232.57M | -258.65M | -288.63M | -316.81M | -346.39M | -373.82M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | 2.61M | 1.94B | 741.46M | 313.25M | 78.47M | 335.01M | 47.56M | 313.13M |
| Ending cash balance | 3.63M | 1.87B | 4.83M | 10.57M | 11.40M | 4.61M | 9.16M | 34.78M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 299.52M | 272.32M | 232.51M | 206.11M | 265.41M | 323.58M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 99.38M | 103.52M | 107.07M | 107.51M | 110.73M | 113.29M |
| Free cash flow | 28.98M | -69.77M | -137.95M | -240.78M | -3.84M | -69.34M |
| Dividends paid | -89.46M | -91.25M | -96.16M | -96.95M | -97.00M | -97.17M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | 64.66M | 149.25M | 95.40M | 3.83M | 2.67M | 14.45M |
| Ending cash balance | 20.78M | 25.07M | 6.40M | 34.78M | 75.93M | 8.63M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 9.68 | 7.62 | 6.65 | 8.75 | 8.81 | 8.84 | 9.84 | 9.44 |
| ROA %i | 2.89 | 2.75 | 2.47 | 3.04 | 3.06 | 3.06 | 3.41 | 3.29 |
| ROIC %i | 6.11 | 5.16 | 4.82 | 5.38 | 5.46 | 5.60 | 6.08 | 6.48 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | 12.39 | 10.99 | 9.93 | 9.06 | 8.30 | 8.13 | 8.58 | 9.14 |
| EBIT margin %i | 33.08 | 37.87 | 31.00 | 33.53 | 30.11 | 34.82 | 41.99 | 38.35 |
| FCF / sales %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Current ratioi | 0.37 | 6.23 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.80 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.26 | 6.11 | 0.46 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.55 |
| Debt / assetsi | 36.74 | 32.96 | 41.78 | 41.10 | 43.49 | 42.09 | 42.85 | 42.66 |
| LT debt / equityi | 119.36 | 76.14 | 118.78 | 112.41 | 119.18 | 116.36 | 119.31 | 118.58 |
| Interest coveragei | 2.80 | 2.69 | 2.41 | 3.03 | 2.89 | 2.52 | 2.90 | 2.88 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | 0.97 | 2.76 | 21.80 | 30.86 | 37.01 | 11.98 | 3.56 | 2.65 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -1.65 | -1.39 | 5.92 | 31.00 | 27.48 | 20.49 | 11.31 | 9.83 |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 9.78 | 10.02 | 10.29 | 9.44 | 8.34 | 8.08 |
| ROA %i | 3.47 | 3.61 | 3.67 | 3.29 | 2.92 | 2.88 |
| ROIC %i | 6.16 | 6.31 | 6.40 | 6.48 | 5.89 | 5.84 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 39.55 | 39.98 | 39.97 | 38.35 | 36.11 | 36.12 |
| FCF / sales %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Current ratioi | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.95 | 0.78 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.34 | 0.55 | 0.76 | 0.52 |
| Debt / assetsi | 42.47 | 42.03 | 42.06 | 42.66 | 42.69 | 42.74 |
| LT debt / equityi | 116.89 | 113.80 | 113.19 | 118.58 | 121.59 | 120.26 |
| Interest coveragei | 2.87 | 2.94 | 2.94 | 2.88 | 2.76 | 2.70 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed
Lead segment, long tail
- Regulated Water is the largest reported line at 67.35% of revenue, across 3 reported segments.
- Regulated natural gas follows at 31.89%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
Regulated Water67.35%
Regulated natural gas31.89%
Other and eliminations0.76%
Quote time 2026-10-07 20:02:28 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.