WTRG — Essential Utilities Inc. price, chart and key statistics

Price data

Price

$38.67

Change YTD

+0.81%

Next earnings

Nov 3, 2026

Market cap

11B2016-12 5.3B2026-10 11B+106.0% over the window

Enterprise value

19.5B

Shares outstanding

283.8M2016-06 177.3M2026-06 283.8M+60.0% over the window

52W low

$36.11

52W high

$42.51

From 52W high

-9.03%

From 52W low

+7.09%

52W range

40%

Beta

0.64

Volume

Rel volume

1.31×

30D volume

2.4M

30D $ vol

100M

Insider trading

Insider net 1WNo open-market insider purchase or sale with a transaction date in the last 7 days, as filed on Form 4.

none

Insider net 1MNo open-market insider purchase or sale with a transaction date in the last 30 days, as filed on Form 4.

none

Insider net 3M0 insider-days of buying (no priced lot) and 1 of selling ($113K) in the last 91 days, by transaction date, open-market transactions only — awards, exercises, tax withholding and employee-plan purchases are not counted. A Form 4 is filed within two business days of the trade, so the newest days may not be in yet.

−$113K

Insider net 1Y0 insider-days of buying (no priced lot) and 1 of selling ($113K) in the last 365 days, by transaction date, open-market transactions only — awards, exercises, tax withholding and employee-plan purchases are not counted. A Form 4 is filed within two business days of the trade, so the newest days may not be in yet.

−$113K

Form 4 transactions by trade date, as filed; latest on file 2026-08-07.

Fundamentals

Sales (ttm)

2.6B2016-06 814.6M2026-06 2.6B+215.3% over the window

Sales/share

$9.052016-06 $4.592026-06 $9.05+97.0% over the window

EPS (ttm)

$1.962016-06 $1.162026-06 $1.96+68.8% over the window

FCF (ttm)

514.7M2015-12 6.1M2018-12 -127.2M-2183.8% over the window

FCF/share

$1.812015-12 $0.032018-12 -$0.71-2170.9% over the window

Book value/share

$24.732016-06 $10.102026-06 $24.73+144.8% over the window

Net margin

21.60%2016-06 25.4%2026-06 21.6%-15.1% over the window

ROE

7.91%2016-06 11.6%2026-06 7.9%-31.7% over the window

ROA

2.78%2016-06 3.5%2026-06 2.8%-20.5% over the window

Debt / equity

1.20×2016-06 0.992026-06 1.20+21.0% over the window

Current ratio

0.782016-06 0.742026-06 0.78+5.1% over the window

Growth (CAGR, ttm) · 10Y

Sales

+9.87%2025-06-30 → 2026-06-302.3B → 2.6B (+9.9% total)+3.70%2023-06-30 → 2026-06-302.3B → 2.6B (+11.5% total)+7.12%2021-03-31 → 2026-06-301.8B → 2.6B (+43.4% total)+12.17%2016-06-30 → 2026-06-30814.6M → 2.6B (+215.3% total)

Net income

-14.09%2025-06-30 → 2026-06-30645.8M → 554.9M (-14.1% total)+5.97%2023-06-30 → 2026-06-30466.3M → 554.9M (+19.0% total)+5.61%2021-03-31 → 2026-06-30416.8M → 554.9M (+33.1% total)+10.35%2016-06-30 → 2026-06-30207.2M → 554.9M (+167.8% total)

Shares

+1.18%2025-06-30 → 2026-06-30280.5M → 283.8M (+1.2% total)+2.37%2023-06-30 → 2026-06-30264.5M → 283.8M (+7.3% total)+2.79%2021-03-31 → 2026-06-30245.6M → 283.8M (+15.5% total)+4.81%2016-06-30 → 2026-06-30177.3M → 283.8M (+60.0% total)

Per-share growth (CAGR, ttm) · 10Y

EPS

-16.18%2025-06-30 → 2026-06-30$2.33 → $1.96 (-16.2% total)+3.48%2023-06-30 → 2026-06-30$1.77 → $1.96 (+10.8% total)+3.45%2021-03-31 → 2026-06-30$1.64 → $1.96 (+19.5% total)+5.37%2016-06-30 → 2026-06-30$1.16 → $1.96 (+68.8% total)

Sales/share

+8.58%2025-06-30 → 2026-06-30$8.34 → $9.05 (+8.6% total)+1.30%2023-06-30 → 2026-06-30$8.71 → $9.05 (+4.0% total)+4.21%2021-03-31 → 2026-06-30$7.29 → $9.05 (+24.2% total)+7.02%2016-06-30 → 2026-06-30$4.59 → $9.05 (+97.0% total)

Book value/share

+3.22%2025-06-30 → 2026-06-30$23.96 → $24.73 (+3.2% total)+5.22%2023-06-30 → 2026-06-30$21.23 → $24.73 (+16.5% total)+4.55%2021-03-31 → 2026-06-30$19.58 → $24.73 (+26.3% total)+9.37%2016-06-30 → 2026-06-30$10.10 → $24.73 (+144.8% total)

Dividend/share

+5.26%2025-06-30 → 2026-06-30$1.30 → $1.37 (+5.3% total)+6.08%2023-06-30 → 2026-06-30$1.15 → $1.37 (+19.4% total)+6.47%2021-03-31 → 2026-06-30$0.99 → $1.37 (+38.9% total)+6.77%2016-06-30 → 2026-06-30$0.71 → $1.37 (+92.5% total)

Price

-0.39%2025-10-01 → 2026-10-01$38.82 → $38.67 (-0.4% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+5.51%2023-10-02 → 2026-10-01$32.93 → $38.67 (+17.4% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.-3.52%2021-10-01 → 2026-10-01$46.25 → $38.67 (-16.4% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+2.41%2016-09-30 → 2026-10-01$30.48 → $38.67 (+26.9% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.

Total return

+3.29%2025-10-01 → 2026-10-01$37.44 → $38.67 (+3.3% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+9.26%2023-10-02 → 2026-10-01$29.65 → $38.67 (+30.4% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.-0.48%2021-10-01 → 2026-10-01$39.60 → $38.67 (-2.4% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+5.22%2016-09-30 → 2026-10-01$23.25 → $38.67 (+66.3% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.

Fundamentals end at the last reported quarter; price and total return end at the latest close.

Valuation

P/E (ttm)Price ÷ TTM diluted EPS. Net income carries everything below the operating line, including one-off gains. Negative when the trailing year lost money.

19.8×2016-12 25.022026-10 19.78-20.9% over the window

P/OI (ttm)Price ÷ TTM operating income. Excludes the below-the-line items that make P/E jump — mark-to-market gains, settlements, tax true-ups.

12.2×2016-12 16.232026-10 12.18-24.9% over the window

Fwd P/E

16.5×

P/S (ttm)Market cap ÷ TTM revenue.

4.3×2016-12 6.502026-10 4.27-34.2% over the window

P/B (mrq)Market cap ÷ stockholders' equity at the most recent quarter end.

1.6×2016-12 2.912026-10 1.56-46.2% over the window

P/FCF (ttm)Market cap ÷ TTM free cash flow (operating cash flow − capex).

21.3×2016-12 -28955.662026-10 -86.26-99.7% over the window

EV/EBITDA (fy)

14.5×

EV/Sales (ttm)

7.6×

FCF yield (ttm)TTM free cash flow ÷ market cap — the inverse of P/FCF.

4.69%2016-09 -0.0%2018-12 -2.1%+60378.0% over the window

Dividend yield (fwd)Indicated annual dividend ÷ last close: the last regular payment × payments a year, from our own dividend record, not what was actually paid over the past year. Shown only when the record holds a full payment cycle that agrees with the dividends the company reports paying; otherwise —.

3.54%

Dividend/share (fwd)

$1.37

Buyback yield (realized, 1y)1 − shares_at(2026-06-30) ÷ shares_at(2025-06-30) = 1 − 283.8M ÷ 280.5M. Point-in-time share counts from the company's own SEC filings (the same count at both ends), published only when the cash flow statement shows repurchases inside that window. A falling price can't inflate it; negative means net dilution.

-1.18%

Shareholder yield (realized, 1y)Buyback leg + dividend leg: shares retired over the year (-1.18%) + dividends paid over that year ($387.3M) ÷ market_cap_at(2025-06-30) ($10.4B). Both legs are measured against the start of the window, so a payout can't shrink its own denominator.

2.54%

Buyback yield (cash, ttm)Buybacks net of issuance over the trailing twelve months ($-12.3M) ÷ today's market cap ($11B). Dollars SPENT over what the company is worth NOW — a stock that fell after buying reads high.

-0.11%2016-09 0.1%2026-06 -0.1%-192.1% over the window

Shareholder yield (cash, ttm)(TTM buybacks net of issuance $-12.3M + TTM dividends $387.3M) ÷ today's market cap ($11B). Same caveat as the cash buyback yield.

3.42%2016-09 2.5%2026-06 3.4%+36.2% over the window

Vs own 10Y history

P/E

23rd

P/OI

8th

P/S

5th

P/B

5th