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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/S ratio

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As of 4 November 2026, Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) trades at a P/S ratio of 4.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.8× (October 2023) to 13.1× (February 2020); the current reading is higher than 23% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 4.4× and above the Utilities sector median of 2.7×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2025 4.3× (8.97%)
FY2024 4.8× (3.07%)
FY2023 4.9× (10.87%)
FY2022 5.5× (25.01%)
FY2021 7.4× (8.85%)
FY2020 8.1× (28.99%)
FY2019 11.4× 56.70%
FY2018 7.3× (14.41%)
FY2017 8.5× 30.82%
FY2016 6.5× 0.18%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Sep 2026 4.3× 1.35%
Jun 2026 4.2× (5.30%)
Mar 2026 4.5× 2.90%
Dec 2025 4.3× (8.11%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.8× High 13.1×
Ten-year median 6.5×
Current reading's percentile 23

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare 2.1×
CWT California Water Service Group compare 2.8×
HTO H2O America compare 3.0×
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare 3.4×
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. 4.9×
AWR American States Water Company compare 4.9×
MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare 5.2×
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. compare 5.4×
YORW The York Water Company compare 6.0×
Utilities Regulated Water industry median 4.4×
Utilities sector median 2.7×
Market median 1.9×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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