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Essential Utilities Inc WTRG

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$38.72 +0.39 (1.02%)
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WTRG is trading at a 279% premium.
Price
$38.72
Fair Value
$65.00
Uncertainty
Low
1-Star Price
$16.22
5-Star Price
$74.10
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Constructive regulation allows Essential to raise rates through surcharges or rate cases to reduce regulatory lag and enhance cash flow available to pay the dividend and invest in growth projects.

Bears

Essential Utilities paid a peak market price for Peoples, which will drag on consolidated returns for many years.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$38.33
Day Range
$38.10–38.90
52-Week Range
$32.07–41.78
Bid/Ask
$38.51 / $38.94
Market Cap
$10.60 Bil
Volume/Avg
1.8 Mil / 1.4 Mil

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
21.68
Price/Sales
5.44
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
3.22%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
3.36%
Total Yield
3.22%

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. Nearly three fourths of its water earnings come from Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 740,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Essential exited its noncore competitive water and energy services businesses.
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Utilities - Regulated Water
Stock Style Box
Small Core
Total Number of Employees
3,258
Website
https://www.essential.co

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Valuation

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Metric
WTRG
NI
AWK
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 21.6822.2230.50
Price/Book Value
 1.721.982.80
Price/Sales
 5.442.976.55
Price/Cash Flow
 13.588.3615.69
Price/Earnings
WTRG
NI
AWK

Financial Strength

Metric
WTRG
NI
AWK
Quick Ratio
 0.370.290.44
Current Ratio
 0.580.780.64
Interest Coverage
 2.772.743.32
Quick Ratio
WTRG
NI
AWK

Profitability

Metric
WTRG
NI
AWK
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 2.85%2.64%3.15%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 8.03%10.75%9.65%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 5.42%5.43%5.60%
Return on Assets
WTRG
NI
AWK

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