Essential Utilities WTRG Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Operating margin | 37.2%+0.9pp | 36.3%+2.6pp | 33.7%+4.8pp | 28.9%-3.2pp | |
| Net margin | 24.9%-3.6pp | 28.5%+4.3pp | 24.3%+3.9pp | 20.3%-2.6pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 54.1%+0.1pp | 54%+3.6pp | 50.4%+7.5pp | 42.9%-5.0pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 35%+4.5pp | 30.4%-10.0pp | 40.5%+18.7pp | 21.8%-7.4pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 9.4%-0.4pp | 9.8%+1.0pp | 8.8%0.0pp | 8.8%+0.1pp | |
| Return on assets | 3.3%-0.1pp | 3.4%+0.4pp | 3.1%0.0pp | 3.1%0.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4%+0.7pp | 5.7%+0.1pp | 5.6%-0.1pp | 5.7%+0.1pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 0.8×+0.3× | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.8×+0.3× | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 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×-0.1× | 1.2×+0.1× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.1×-0.6× | 6.7×0.0× | 6.7×0.0× | 6.7×+0.1× | |
| Interest coverage | 2.8×+0.3× | 2.5×+0.1× | 2.4×-0.3× | 2.8×-0.1× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $24.44+8.2% | $22.59+2.5% | $22.03+7.7% | $20.46+1.9% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $10.85B+8.8% | $9.97B-2.3% | $10.2B-18.6% | $12.54B-10.8% | |
| Enterprise value | $18.98B+8.4% | $17.51B+2.2% | $17.14B-10.5% | $19.15B-4.4% | |
| Price / earnings | 17.6×+0.9× | 16.8×-3.7× | 20.5×-6.5× | 27×-5.6× | |
| Price / sales | 4.4×-0.4× | 4.8×-0.2× | 5×-0.5× | 5.5×-2.0× | |
| Price / book | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.7×-0.6× | 2.3×-0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.2×-1.4× | 15.5×-1.0× | 16.5×-2.9× | 19.5×-2.7× | |
| EV / sales | 7.7×-0.7× | 8.4×+0.1× | 8.3×0.0× | 8.4×-2.3× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 8%+1.6pp | 6.4%-1.8pp | 8.1%+4.2pp | 4%+0.1pp | |
| Earnings yield | 5.7%-0.3pp | 6%+1.1pp | 4.9%+1.2pp | 3.7%+0.6pp | |
| Dividend yield | 3.4%0.0pp | 3.5%+0.4pp | 3.1%+0.8pp | 2.3%+0.5pp | |
| PEG ratio | 5×+4.1× | 0.9×-2.0× | 2.9×-0.6× | 3.5×+2.8× |
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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.
