Essential Utilities, Inc.
General ticker "WTRG" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Regulated Water
- Capitalization: $11.0B (TTM average)
Essential Utilities, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -29.2%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.8%: low 38.43$, high 39.78$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-07-30 bmo
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-12, amount 0.34$ (Y3.43%)
- Total employees count: 3291 (+1.0%) as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Acquisition/divestiture risks, Regulatory and compliance, Economic downturns and volatility, Cybersecurity threats, Geographic concentration
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [32.86$, 43.81$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [34.01$, 45.17$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WTRG estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 17.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 6.62 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 9.37
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 37.22 > 18.40
- Positive: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 22.78 > 9.66
- Positive: -14.27 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -14.00
- Positive: 1.77 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.01
- Negative: 0.74 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 3.05
- Positive: 5.50 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 8.13
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.04 <= 0.80
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,053.82MM | $2,086.11MM | $2,474.61MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,361.73MM | $1,328.44MM | $1,553.66MM |
| Operating Income | $692.10MM | $757.67MM | $920.95MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-260.32MM | $-184.19MM | $-301.14MM |
| Interest Expense | $283.36MM | $302.47MM | $329.08MM |
| Income(Loss) | $431.78MM | $573.48MM | $619.81MM |
| Taxes | $-66.44MM | $-21.84MM | $3.44MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $498.23MM | $595.31MM | $616.37MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $5,896.18MM | $6,198.81MM | $6,857.46MM |
| Inventory | $112.67MM | $93.93MM | $112.45MM |
| Assets | $16,841.46MM | $18,026.55MM | $19,894.48MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $933.59MM | $770.34MM | $1,010.46MM |
| Capital expenditure | $1,199.10MM | $1,329.75MM | $1,429.98MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,221.73MM | $-1,163.28MM | $-1,510.74MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $281.36MM | $397.48MM | $525.91MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.86 | $2.17 | $2.20 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.