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Essential Utilities WTRG Ratios & Valuation

TTM Q1 '26TTM Q4 '25TTM Q3 '25TTM Q2 '25TTM Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin35%-2.2pp37.2%-1.5pp38.7%-0.1pp38.7%+0.4pp38.4%+2.0pp
Net margin21.8%-3.1pp24.9%-3.2pp28.1%+0.5pp27.6%+0.5pp27.2%-1.4pp
Returns
Return on equity8.3%-1.1pp9.4%-0.8pp10.3%+0.3pp10%+0.2pp9.8%-0.1pp
Return on invested capital5.9%-0.5pp6.4%-0.2pp6.5%0.0pp6.5%+0.2pp6.4%+0.7pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio+0.2×0.8×+0.2×0.6×-0.1×0.7×+0.1×0.7×+0.2×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA6.3×+0.2×6.1×+0.2×5.9×-0.1×-0.2×6.2×-0.5×
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%
Price / earnings20.5×+2.9×17.6×+0.9×16.7×+0.3×16.4×-1.3×17.8×+1.0×
Price / sales4.5×+0.1×4.4×-0.3×4.7×+0.2×4.5×-0.3×4.8×0.0×
Price / book1.7×+0.1×1.6×-0.1×1.6×+0.1×1.6×-0.1×1.7×+0.1×
EV / EBITDA14.9×+0.8×14.2×-0.2×14.3×+0.2×14.2×-0.8×14.9×-0.6×
Dividend yield3.3%-0.1pp3.4%+0.2pp3.3%-0.1pp3.4%+0.2pp3.2%-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.