Essential Utilities WTRG Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Operating margin | 35%-3.4pp | 37.2%+0.9pp | 38.7%+2.7pp | 38.7%+3.3pp | 38.4%+2.4pp | |
| Net margin | 21.8%-5.3pp | 24.9%-3.6pp | 28.1%+0.2pp | 27.6%-1.1pp | 27.2%-2.4pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 8.3%-1.4pp | 9.4%-0.4pp | 10.3%+1.3pp | 10%+0.6pp | 9.8%-0.1pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9%-0.5pp | 6.4%+0.7pp | 6.5%+1.1pp | 6.5%+1.2pp | 6.4%+0.9pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1×+0.3× | 0.8×+0.3× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.3×+0.1× | 6.1×-0.6× | 5.9×-0.9× | 6×-0.8× | 6.2×-0.4× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $24.30+3.7% | $24.44+8.2% | $24.15+7.3% | $23.94+6.4% | $23.43+5.5% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $11.41B+4.7% | $10.85B+8.8% | $11.19B+6.1% | $10.61B+4.0% | $10.89B+7.5% | |
| Price / earnings | 20.5×+2.7× | 17.6×+0.9× | 16.7×-2.6× | 16.4×-1.9× | 17.8×+0.1× | |
| Price / sales | 4.5×-0.4× | 4.4×-0.4× | 4.7×-0.7× | 4.5×-0.7× | 4.8×-0.4× | |
| Price / book | 1.7×0.0× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.7×0.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.9×0.0× | 14.2×-1.4× | 14.3×-2.4× | 14.2×-2.5× | 14.9×-1.4× | |
| Dividend yield | 3.3%+0.1pp | 3.4%0.0pp | 3.3%0.0pp | 3.4%+0.1pp | 3.2%0.0pp |
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- Where do Essential Utilities's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Essential Utilities's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
