WTRG: Essential Utilities, Inc. Company Profile & Statistics

About

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.

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CEO

Christopher H. Franklin

Headquarters

762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE
BRYN MAWR, PA 19010, UNITED STATES

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Share holders

17,045

Employees

3,291

Essential Utilities, Inc. Statistics

Valuation Measures

Market Capitalization²

10.89B

Enterprise Value

18.58B

Enterprise Value/EBITDA(ttm)

16.49

Price to Earnings Ratio(ttm)

20.43

Price to Sales(ttm)

5.04

Price to Book(mrq)

1.60

Price to Cash(ytd)

11.67

Profitability

Gross Margin(ttm)

87.76%

Operating Margin(ttm)

24.48%

Profit Margin(ttm)

26.82%

Return on Equity(ttm)

7.89%

Return on Invested Capital(ttm)

4.51%

Return on Assets(ttm)

2.79%

Income Statement

Revenue(ttm)

2.09B

Revenue Per Share(ttm)

7.59

Gross Profit(ttm)

1.81B

EBITDA(ttm)³

1.13B

Net Income Available to Common(ttm)

595.31M

Diluted EPS(ttm)

2.00

Share Statistics

Beta (5Y Monthly)

0.86

52-Week Change

6.68%

S&P 500 52-Week Change

7.42%

S&P 500 Member

Yes

Stock Optionable

Yes

Total Shares Outstanding¹

274.92M

Dividend Yield

3.62%

Float⁴

274.03M

% Held by Insiders

0.21%

% Held by Institutions

74.78%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash(mrq)

9.16M

Total Cash Per Share(mrq)

0.03

Total Debt(mrq)

7.70B

Total Debt/Equity(mrq)

124.18%

Current Ratio(mrq)

0.50%

Quick Ratio(mrq)

0.39%

Book Value Per Share(mrq)

22.56

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow Per Share(ytd)

2.81

Free Cash Flow(ytd)

-392.60M

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. 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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