Essential Utilities, Inc.
General ticker "WTRG" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Regulated Water
- Capitalization: $10.9B (TTM average)
Essential Utilities, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -8.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 36.49$, high 37.29$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-12, amount 0.34$ (Y3.68%)
- 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
- 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: [32.89$, 43.85$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [34.05$, 45.21$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WTRG estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 17.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 6.59 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 9.37
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 37.22 > 18.39
- Positive: 1.81 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.01
- Positive: 19.24 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 34.47 <= 42.59
- Negative: 0 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.01
- Positive: 0.05 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 4.22
- Positive: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 22.78 > 9.60
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 8.13 <= 10.39
- Positive: -14.17 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -14.00
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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.