Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) Company Profile & Statistics

Essential Utilities Inc
WTRG
(NYSE)
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39.77
+1.14 (+2.95%)
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About Essential Utilities Inc

CEO

Christopher H. Franklin

Headquarters

762 w. lancaster avenue

bryn mawr, pa 19010, united states

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Employees

3,258

Share Holders

19,173

Website

www.essential.co

Industry

water utilities

Sector

utilities

Company Overview

Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater and natural gas services in the United States. The company provides utility services to nearly five million people in the U.S. It completed the acquisition of Peoples Gas. It has identified 12 operating segments and 2 reportable segments, namely Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas. The Regulated Water segment comprises 8 operating segments for its water and wastewater regulated utility companies, and the Regulated Natural Gas segment includes 1 operating segment representing natural gas utility companies. Also, the company includes 3 of its operating segments in Other. The Other segment represents non-regulated natural gas operations, Aqua Resources and Aqua Infrastructure. Its water supplies are primarily self-supplied and processed at surface water treatment plants as well as numerous well stations in the states in which it conducts business.

Essential Utilities Inc Statistics

Valuation Measures

Market Capitalization ²	10.88B
Enterprise Value	18.04B
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)	17.31
Price to Earnings Ratio (ttm)	21.13
Price to Book (mrq)	1.70
Price to Sales (ttm)	5.40
Price to Cash (ytd)	12.41

Profitability

Gross Margin (ttm)	89.80%
Operating Margin (ttm)	25.33%
Profit Margin (ttm)	27.12%
Return on Equity (ttm)	8.16%
Return on Invested Capital (ttm)	4.34%
Return on Assets (ttm)	2.90%

Income Statement

Revenue (ttm)	1.94B
Revenue Per Share (ttm)	7.08
Gross Profit (ttm)	1.72B
EBITDA (ttm)³	1.04B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)	556.68M
Diluted EPS (ttm)	2.05

Share Statistics

Beta (5Y Monthly)	0.84
52-Week Change	16.47%
S&P500 52-Week Change	31.89%
S&P500 Member	No
Stock Optionable	Yes
Total Shares Outstanding ¹	273.67M
Dividend Yield	3.40%
Float ⁴	273.10M
% Held by Insiders	0.21%
% Held by Institutions	74.78%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash (mrq)	18.82M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq)	0.07
Total Debt (mrq)	7.18B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq)	116.43%
Current Ratio (mrq)	0.58%
Quick Ratio (mrq)	0.44%
Book Value Per Share (mrq)	22.52

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow Per Share (ytd)	1.56
Free Cash Flow (ytd)	44.47M

Table Key

mrq = Most Recent Quarter

ttm = Trailing Twelve Months

ytd = Year To Date

Footnotes

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research or calculated by FXEmpire. Stock price provided by Xignite. All numbers are rounded to the closest decimal.

¹ Total Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report.

² Market Cap is calculated using total shares outstanding and the most recent share price.

³ EBITDA is calculated using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting.

⁴ The float is a measure of the number of shares available for trading by the public. It's calculated by taking the number of issued and outstanding shares minus any restricted stock, which might not be publicly traded.

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