Essential Utilities Inc
General ticker "WTRG" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Water Utilities
- Capitalization: $10.6B
Essential Utilities Inc follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 38.2%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.8%: low 36.10$, high 37.40$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends: last record date 2024-11-12, amount 0.33$ (Y3.63%)
- Company does not operate outside North America (retrieved using AI)
- Current price 18.8% below estimated low
- Earnings for 18 months up through Q2 (+1 year) are close to 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 2022-12-31 to 2024-12-30
- 2022-12-31 to 2023-12-31 estimated range: [43.17$, 54.59$]
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-30 estimated range: [44.77$, 57.03$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WTRG estimates:
- Positive: 0.93 < Non-GAAP EPS, $ of 1.77
- Positive: 2.86 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.87
- Negative: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 1.38 > 0.49
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 28.90 > 19.51
- Negative: Interest expense per share, $ of 0.91 > 0.74
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Long-term WTRG plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $1,878.14MM | $2,288.03MM | $2,053.82MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,275.43MM | $1,626.85MM | $1,361.73MM |
| Operating Income | $602.71MM | $661.19MM | $692.10MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-180.71MM | $-210.28MM | $-260.32MM |
| Interest Expense | $207.71MM | $238.12MM | $283.36MM |
| Income(Loss) | $422.00MM | $450.91MM | $431.78MM |
| Taxes | $-9.61MM | $-14.33MM | $-66.44MM |
| Profit(Loss) | $431.61MM | $465.24MM | $498.23MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $5,184.45MM | $5,377.39MM | $5,896.18MM |
| Inventory | $109.56MM | $199.74MM | $112.67MM |
| Assets | $14,658.28MM | $15,719.11MM | $16,841.46MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $644.68MM | $600.31MM | $933.59MM |
| Capital expenditure | $1,020.52MM | $1,062.76MM | $1,199.10MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,056.06MM | $-1,178.30MM | $-1,221.73MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $417.12MM | $578.83MM | $281.36MM |
| Earnings Per Share* | $1.68 | $1.77 | $1.86 |
* EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.