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Essential Utilities, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Water · Utilities · United States
42.78
close · 2026-10-29
value
33
cheaper than peers33
quality
81
stronger fundamentals81
ranked against
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75 peerssector comparison
Value inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| price to book | 1.73× | 60 |
| forward P/E | 17.96× | 50 |
| EV to EBITDA | 14.67× | 31 |
| price to sales | 4.40× | 20 |
4 of 12 measures available
Quality inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| operating margin | 36.1% | 94 |
| revenue growth | 10.0% | 73 |
| debt to equity | 122.7% | 60 |
| return on equity | 8.3% | 38 |
4 of 4 measures available
Facts
| market cap | $12B |
| free cash flow | -$649.2M |
| employees | 3,303 |
| first trade | 1980-03-17 |
| next earnings | 2026-11-03 |
| fundamentals updated | 2026-08-04 |
Annual history
| measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| diluted eps | 2.20 | 2.17 | 1.86 | 1.77 |
| free cash flow | -$419.5M | -$559.4M | -$265.5M | -$462.5M |
| net income | $616.4M | $595.3M | $498.2M | $465.2M |
| revenue | $2.47B | $2.09B | $2.05B | $2.29B |
| unusual items | $27.6M | $113.5M | $17.0M | $24.7M |