Essential Utilities Inc.

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Essential Utilities Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.5 billion, up 18.6% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+6.56%
EPS
+12.1%
Free cash flow
−1.23%
Total debt
+1.34%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

45.07 1.03 +2.34%
Market cap
$12.5B
P/E
22.6×
Fwd P/E
19.6×
Dividend yield
3.88%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.95
Beneish M
−2.29
Dividend safety
42/100

Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) EV/FCF

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As of 4 November 2026, Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) trades at a EV/FCF of −40.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4,129× (November 2016) to 1,247× (June 2016); the current reading is higher than 51% of that period.

EV/FCF, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
FY2025 −40.0× —
FY2024 −44.9× —
FY2023 −63.8× —
FY2022 −33.6× —
FY2021 −48.2× —
FY2020 −4.6× —
FY2019 −42.2× —
FY2018 −31.7× —
FY2017 −88.7× —
FY2016 627× —

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
Sep 2026 −37.5× —
Jun 2026 −38.0× —
Mar 2026 −38.8× —
Dec 2025 −40.0× —
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −4,129× High 1,247×
Ten-year median −41.1×
Current reading's percentile 51

EV/FCF against peers

What EV/FCF is

EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))

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