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.

	Q1 '26	Q4 '25	Q3 '25	Q2 '25	Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin	35%-2.2pp	37.2%-1.5pp	38.7%-0.1pp	38.7%+0.4pp	38.4%+2.0pp
Net margin	21.8%-3.1pp	24.9%-3.2pp	28.1%+0.5pp	27.6%+0.5pp	27.2%-1.4pp
EBITDA margin	51.8%-2.3pp	54.1%-1.7pp	55.8%+0.3pp	55.5%+0.4pp	55.1%+1.1pp
Free cash flow margin	31.5%-3.5pp	35%+1.3pp	33.7%0.0pp	33.7%+3.8pp	29.9%-0.5pp
Returns
Return on equity	8.3%-1.1pp	9.4%-0.8pp	10.3%+0.3pp	10%+0.2pp	9.8%-0.1pp
Return on assets	2.9%-0.4pp	3.3%-0.4pp	3.7%+0.1pp	3.6%+0.1pp	3.5%+0.1pp
Return on invested capital	5.9%-0.5pp	6.4%-0.2pp	6.5%0.0pp	6.5%+0.2pp	6.4%+0.7pp
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×+0.2×	0.8×+0.2×	0.6×-0.1×	0.7×+0.1×	0.7×+0.2×
Quick ratio	1×+0.2×	0.8×+0.2×	0.6×-0.1×	0.7×+0.1×	0.7×+0.2×
Cash ratio	0.1×+0.1×	0×0.0×	0×0.0×	0×0.0×	0×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×
Debt-to-assets	0.4×0.0×	0.4×0.0×	0.4×0.0×	0.4×0.0×	0.4×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA	6.3×+0.2×	6.1×+0.2×	5.9×-0.1×	6×-0.2×	6.2×-0.5×
Interest coverage	2.7×-0.1×	2.8×0.0×	2.8×0.0×	2.8×+0.1×	2.8×+0.3×
Per Share
Book value per share	$24.30-0.5%	$24.44+1.2%	$24.15+0.9%	$23.94+2.2%	$23.43+3.7%
Valuation
Market capitalization	$11.41B+5.1%	$10.85B-3.0%	$11.19B+5.4%	$10.61B-2.6%	$10.89B+9.2%
Enterprise value	$19.74B+4.0%	$18.98B-0.3%	$19.04B+3.6%	$18.37B-1.1%	$18.56B+6.0%
Price / earnings	20.5×+2.9×	17.6×+0.9×	16.7×+0.3×	16.4×-1.3×	17.8×+1.0×
Price / sales	4.5×+0.1×	4.4×-0.3×	4.7×+0.2×	4.5×-0.3×	4.8×0.0×
Price / book	1.7×+0.1×	1.6×-0.1×	1.6×+0.1×	1.6×-0.1×	1.7×+0.1×
EV / EBITDA	14.9×+0.8×	14.2×-0.2×	14.3×+0.2×	14.2×-0.8×	14.9×-0.6×
EV / sales	7.7×+0.1×	7.7×-0.3×	8×+0.1×	7.9×-0.4×	8.2×-0.2×
Free cash flow yield	7%-0.9pp	8%+0.8pp	7.2%-0.3pp	7.4%+1.2pp	6.2%-0.2pp
Earnings yield	4.9%-0.8pp	5.7%-0.3pp	6%-0.1pp	6.1%+0.5pp	5.6%-0.3pp
Dividend yield	3.3%-0.1pp	3.4%+0.2pp	3.3%-0.1pp	3.4%+0.2pp	3.2%-0.2pp

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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.