Company Valuation: Essential Utilities, Inc.

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope
Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Market Cap 1 13,570 12,519 10,203 9,974 10,855 11,482 - -
Change - -7.74% -18.5% -2.24% 8.83% 5.77% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 19,618 19,335 17,265 17,710 19,102 20,693 21,304 21,921
Change - -1.44% -10.71% 2.58% 7.86% 8.33% 2.95% 2.9%
P/E 32.1x 27x 20.1x 16.7x 17.4x 18.4x 17x 16.1x
PBR 2.67x 2.34x 1.73x 1.61x 1.58x 1.58x 1.52x 1.46x
PEG - 4.51x 3.95x 1x 12.59x ∞x 2.13x 2.66x
Capitalization / Revenue 7.23x 5.47x 4.97x 4.78x 4.39x 4.48x 4.26x 4.02x
EV / Revenue 10.4x 8.45x 8.41x 8.49x 7.72x 8.08x 7.91x 7.68x
EV / EBITDA 21.8x 19.7x 16.7x 15.7x 14.3x 14.6x 13.5x 12.9x
EV / EBIT 32.5x 29.2x 24.9x 23.4x 20.7x 18.6x 18.8x 17.7x
EV / FCF -52.2x -41.8x -65x -31.7x - -39.6x -43.5x -53.5x
FCF Yield -1.92% -2.39% -1.54% -3.16% - -2.53% -2.3% -1.87%
Dividend per Share 2 1.038 1.11 1.188 1.265 1.336 1.409 1.492 1.58
Rate of return 1.93% 2.33% 3.18% 3.48% 3.48% 3.48% 3.69% 3.9%
EPS 2 1.67 1.77 1.86 2.17 2.2 2.2 2.375 2.519
Distribution rate 62.1% 62.7% 63.9% 58.3% 60.7% 64% 62.8% 62.7%
Net sales 1 1,878 2,288 2,054 2,086 2,475 2,562 2,695 2,855
EBITDA 1 900.7 982.4 1,036 1,127 1,338 1,421 1,575 1,700
EBIT 1 602.7 661.2 692.1 757.7 921 1,114 1,131 1,239
Net income 1 431.6 465.2 498.2 595.3 616.4 647 694.6 744.3
Net Debt 1 6,048 6,816 7,062 7,736 8,247 9,211 9,822 10,439
Reference price 2 53.69 47.73 37.35 36.32 38.36 40.46 40.46 40.46
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 252,743 262,291 273,166 274,611 282,976 283,779 - -
Announcement Date 23/02/22 27/02/23 22/02/24 26/02/25 25/02/26 - - -
1USD in Million2USD
Estimates

P/E, Detailed evolution

P/E (N) EV / Sales (N) EV / EBITDA (N) Dividend Yield (N) Capi.($)
18.12x8.01x14.45x3.53% 11.31B
13.97x5.36x8.58x3.08% 17.72B
14.86x7.57x12.64x3.88% 14.35B
19.92x6.7x13.46x4.19% 12.67B
23.73x - - 2.38% 3.49B
9.85x - - - 3.14B
11x - - - 3.11B
19.15x - - 2.68% 3.09B
20.06x5.24x12.68x6.44% 2.98B
7.72x - - 3.93% 2.44B
Average 15.84x 6.57x 12.36x 3.77% 7.43B
Weighted average by Cap. 16.20x 6.68x 11.95x 3.66%

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Historical PBR trend

Evolution Enterprise Value / Sales

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

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