Valuation: Essential Utilities, Inc.

Market Cap 11.46B 10.01B 9.41B 8.59B 16.12B 1,095B 16.12B 113B 43.59B 559B 43.03B 42.09B 1,803B P/E 2026 *
18.4x
P/E 2027 * 17.1x
Enterprise Value 20.53B 17.94B 16.86B 15.39B 28.88B 1,963B 28.89B 202B 78.1B 1,002B 77.11B 75.42B 3,231B EV / Sales 2026 *
8.29x
EV / Sales 2027 * 8.02x
Free-Float
98.57%
Yield 2026 *
3.49%
Yield 2027 * 3.7%
1 day-0.25%
1 week-2.65%
Current month-1.92%
1 month+0.50%
3 months+10.09%
6 months+1.13%
Current year+5.27%
1 week 40.33
Extreme 40.33
41.66
1 month 40.01
Extreme 40.01
42.51
Current year 36.1
Extreme 36.105
42.51
1 year 36.1
Extreme 36.105
42.51
3 years 32.07
Extreme 32.07
42.51
5 years 32.07
Extreme 32.07
53.93
10 years 28.03
Extreme 28.03
54.52
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 60 30/06/2015
Director of Finance/CFO 56 30/09/2018
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - 07/11/2022
Director TitleAgeSince
Chairman 60 31/12/2017
Director/Board Member 69 28/06/2017
Director/Board Member 69 26/08/2018
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap. Importance
07/08/26 Sell

Executive/Senior Manager

-2,855 0.0010%
22/02/26 Free

Chief Accounting Officer

404 0.0001% -
22/02/26 Free

Executive/Senior Manager

4,800 0.0017%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-0.25%-2.65%+9.02%+11.36% 11.46B
-1.36%+2.34%+9.69%+131.68% 18.89B
-1.24%+2.20%+23.90%+43.51% 13.95B
-1.00%+2.46%+21.96%+31.26% 12.52B
-0.54%-2.38%+16.95%+4.60% 3.34B
+0.43%0.00%+6.49%+31.23% 3.13B
-0.72%-1.08%-13.29%-3.86% 3B
-2.06%+1.87%+0.09%-24.33% 2.94B
+0.06%-1.11%+4.16%-2.05% 2.92B
-0.09%-0.27%+6.11%+44.52% 2.4B
Average -0.66%+1.27%+8.51%+26.79% 7.46B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.87%+2.59%+12.86%+50.26%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 2.48B 2.16B 2.03B 1.86B 3.48B 237B 3.49B 24.42B 9.42B 121B 9.3B 9.1B 390B 2.65B 2.32B 2.18B 1.99B 3.73B 254B 3.73B 26.16B 10.09B 130B 9.96B 9.75B 418B
Net income 637M 557M 523M 478M 897M 60.93B 897M 6.28B 2.42B 31.11B 2.39B 2.34B 100B 693M 606M 570M 520M 975M 66.29B 976M 6.84B 2.64B 33.85B 2.6B 2.55B 109B
Net Debt 9.07B 7.93B 7.45B 6.8B 12.76B 867B 12.77B 89.44B 34.51B 443B 34.07B 33.33B 1,428B 9.82B 8.59B 8.07B 7.36B 13.82B 939B 13.82B 96.85B 37.37B 480B 36.9B 36.09B 1,546B
Logo Essential Utilities, Inc.
Essential Utilities, Inc. is the holding company for regulated utilities providing water, wastewater, or natural gas services. The Company’s segments include Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas. The Regulated Water segment consists of eight operating segments representing its water and wastewater regulated utility companies, which are organized by the states where the Company provides water and wastewater services. The Regulated Natural Gas segment consists of one operating segment representing natural gas utility companies for which the Company provides natural gas distribution services. It provides services in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The Company also operates market-based activities, conducted through its non-regulated subsidiaries, that provide utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households and gas marketing and production activities.
Employees
3,303
Date Price Change Volume
22/09/26 US$40.38 -0.25% 3,718,787
21/09/26 US$40.48 -1.36% 2,487,589
18/09/26 US$41.04 -1.39% 3,998,907
17/09/26 US$41.62 +0.60% 2,310,269
16/09/26 US$41.37 -0.27% 1,794,301
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
7
Last Close Price
40.38USD
Average target price
42.20USD
Spread / Average Target
+4.51%

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