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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) P/E ratio

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As of 4 November 2026, Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) trades at a P/E ratio of 22.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.4× (December 2025) to 67.3× (December 2019); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is in line with the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 22.2× and above the Utilities sector median of 20.0×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 17.4× 3.71%
FY2024 16.7× (17.24%)
FY2023 20.2× (25.67%)
FY2022 27.2× (14.35%)
FY2021 31.8× (24.09%)
FY2020 41.8× (10.84%)
FY2019 46.9× 48.27%
FY2018 31.7× 10.58%
FY2017 28.6× 26.05%
FY2016 22.7× (13.88%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 19.6× 0.25%
Jun 2026 19.5× (4.38%)
Mar 2026 20.4× 17.77%
Dec 2025 17.4× 4.84%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.4× High 67.3×
Ten-year median 25.3×
Current reading's percentile 30

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare 11.2×
YORW The York Water Company compare 19.7×
MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare 20.8×
CWT California Water Service Group compare 21.8×
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. 22.5×
HTO H2O America compare 23.2×
AWR American States Water Company compare 23.8×
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. compare 25.3×
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare 26.7×
Utilities Regulated Water industry median 22.2×
Utilities sector median 20.0×
Market median 18.3×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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