Essential Utilities, Inc.
General ticker "WTRG" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Regulated Water
- Capitalization: $10.6B (TTM average)
Essential Utilities, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -4.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.9%: low 39.44$, high 40.16$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-11-12, amount 0.34$ (Y3.42%)
- Total employees count: 3291 (+1.0%) as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Cybersecurity threats, Regulatory and compliance, Public health crises, Economic downturns and volatility, Environmental liabilities
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [35.87$, 48.33$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [39.60$, 52.91$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WTRG estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 18.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 36.32 > 18.33
- Positive: 6.63 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.74
- Positive: 1.77 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.20
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -1.37 <= -0.18
- Positive: 19.35 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 34.39 <= 42.53
- Positive: 5.42 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 7.28
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 3.88 <= 4.45
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,288.03MM | $2,053.82MM | $2,086.11MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,626.85MM | $1,361.73MM | $1,328.44MM |
| Operating Income | $661.19MM | $692.10MM | $757.67MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-210.28MM | $-260.32MM | $-184.19MM |
| Interest Expense | $238.12MM | $283.36MM | $302.47MM |
| Income(Loss) | $450.91MM | $431.78MM | $573.48MM |
| Taxes | $-14.33MM | $-66.44MM | $-21.84MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $465.24MM | $498.23MM | $595.31MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $5,377.39MM | $5,896.18MM | $6,198.81MM |
| Inventory | $199.74MM | $112.67MM | $93.93MM |
| Assets | $15,719.11MM | $16,841.46MM | $18,026.55MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $600.31MM | $933.59MM | $770.34MM |
| Capital expenditure | $1,062.76MM | $1,199.10MM | $1,329.75MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,178.30MM | $-1,221.73MM | $-1,163.28MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $578.83MM | $281.36MM | $397.48MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.77 | $1.86 | $2.17 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.