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Essential Utilities Inc.

WTRG Utilities Utilities Regulated Water

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
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Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) EV/Sales

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As of 4 November 2026, Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) trades at a EV/Sales of 8.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.8× (October 2023) to 17.2× (June 2020); the current reading is higher than 23% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 6.2× and above the Utilities sector median of 4.3×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 7.7× (9.23%)
FY2024 8.5× 1.23%
FY2023 8.4× (1.59%)
FY2022 8.5× (19.46%)
FY2021 10.5× (11.81%)
FY2020 11.9× (6.12%)
FY2019 12.7× 23.49%
FY2018 10.3× (7.15%)
FY2017 11.1× 26.30%
FY2016 8.8× 1.68%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Sep 2026 7.4× (1.77%)
Jun 2026 7.5× (2.58%)
Mar 2026 7.7× 0.82%
Dec 2025 7.7× (4.69%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.8× High 17.2×
Ten-year median 9.2×
Current reading's percentile 23

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare 2.4×
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare 3.1×
CWT California Water Service Group compare 4.3×
HTO H2O America compare 4.8×
AWR American States Water Company compare 6.2×
MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare 7.0×
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. 8.2×
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. compare 8.2×
YORW The York Water Company compare 8.3×
Utilities Regulated Water industry median 6.2×
Utilities sector median 4.3×
Market median 2.2×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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