Essential (WTRG) stock price, chart and financials

Price chart

Revenue (trailing twelve months)

$2.6B

Revenue (quarter)

$530.9M

Revenue growth (year over year)

+3.10%

Gross profit (trailing twelve months)

$2.2B

Gross margin

84.28%

Net income (trailing twelve months)

$554.9M

Net income (quarter)

$105.7M

Net income growth (year over year)

−1.95%

Net margin

21.60%

Return on equity

8.08%

EPS (trailing twelve months)

$1.95

Book value per share

$24.73

P/E (trailing twelve months)

20.09

Price to book

1.59

Debt to assets

64.81%

Payout ratio

60.64%

Dividend yield

3.53%

Company profile

Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for US water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Its largest service territory is in Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 740,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. It completed the sale of its West Virginia gas utility and the bulk of its nonregulated assets in 2024. Essential shareholders would own a 31% stake in American Water Works if the proposed all-stock merger closes in 2027.

• Is Essential (WTRG) profitable?

  Yes. Essential earned $554.9M in net income over the trailing twelve months, a net margin of 21.60%.

• How much revenue does Essential (WTRG) make?

  Essential generated $2.6B in revenue over the trailing twelve months, up 3.10% year over year.

• What is WTRG's P/E ratio?

  Essential trades at 20.1 times trailing twelve-month earnings, on an EPS of $1.95.

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