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Essential Utilities WTRG Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin35%-3.4pp37.2%+0.9pp38.7%+2.7pp38.7%+3.3pp38.4%+2.4pp
Net margin21.8%-5.3pp24.9%-3.6pp28.1%+0.2pp27.6%-1.1pp27.2%-2.4pp
EBITDA margin51.8%-3.4pp54.1%+0.1pp55.8%+1.4pp55.5%+1.7pp55.1%+1.2pp
Free cash flow margin31.5%+1.6pp35%+4.5pp33.7%+1.4pp33.7%+1.2pp29.9%-4.3pp
Returns
Return on equity8.3%-1.4pp9.4%-0.4pp10.3%+1.3pp10%+0.6pp9.8%-0.1pp
Return on assets2.9%-0.5pp3.3%-0.1pp3.7%+0.5pp3.6%+0.3pp3.5%0.0pp
Return on invested capital5.9%-0.5pp6.4%+0.7pp6.5%+1.1pp6.5%+1.2pp6.4%+0.9pp
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+0.3×0.8×+0.3×0.6×0.0×0.7×+0.2×0.7×0.0×
Quick ratio+0.3×0.8×+0.3×0.6×0.0×0.7×+0.2×0.7×0.0×
Cash ratio0.1×+0.1×0.0×0.0×0.0×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA6.3×+0.1×6.1×-0.6×5.9×-0.9×-0.8×6.2×-0.4×
Interest coverage2.7×-0.1×2.8×+0.3×2.8×+0.5×2.8×+0.5×2.8×+0.3×
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%
Enterprise value$19.74B+6.3%$18.98B+8.4%$19.04B+6.7%$18.37B+6.2%$18.56B+8.9%
Price / earnings20.5×+2.7×17.6×+0.9×16.7×-2.6×16.4×-1.9×17.8×+0.1×
Price / sales4.5×-0.4×4.4×-0.4×4.7×-0.7×4.5×-0.7×4.8×-0.4×
Price / book1.7×0.0×1.6×0.0×1.6×-0.1×1.6×-0.1×1.7×0.0×
EV / EBITDA14.9×0.0×14.2×-1.4×14.3×-2.4×14.2×-2.5×14.9×-1.4×
EV / sales7.7×-0.5×7.7×-0.7×-1.1×7.9×-1.1×8.2×-0.6×
Free cash flow yield7%+0.8pp8%+1.6pp7.2%+1.2pp7.4%+1.3pp6.2%-0.4pp
Earnings yield4.9%-0.7pp5.7%-0.3pp6%+0.8pp6.1%+0.6pp5.6%0.0pp
Dividend yield3.3%+0.1pp3.4%0.0pp3.3%0.0pp3.4%+0.1pp3.2%0.0pp

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