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Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)

NYSE - NYSE Delayed price. Currency in USD
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37.78+0.10 (+0.27%)
At close: 04:00PM EDT
37.94 +0.16 (+0.42%)
After hours: 07:05PM EDT
Currency in USD

Valuation measures4

Market cap (intra-day) 10.33B
Enterprise value 17.42B
Trailing P/E 20.31
Forward P/E 18.98
PEG ratio (5-yr expected) 2.49
Price/sales (ttm)4.92
Price/book (mrq)1.75
Enterprise value/revenue 8.48
Enterprise value/EBITDA 16.45

Trading information

Stock price history

Beta (5Y monthly) N/A
52-week change 3-12.04%
S&P500 52-week change 322.38%
52-week high 343.74
52-week low 332.07
50-day moving average 335.78
200-day moving average 336.35

Share statistics

Avg vol (3-month) 31.72M
Avg vol (10-day) 31.98M
Shares outstanding 5273.52M
Implied shares outstanding 6273.52M
Float 8272.57M
% held by insiders 10.19%
% held by institutions 182.29%
Shares short (15 Apr 2024) 45.37M
Short ratio (15 Apr 2024) 43.21
Short % of float (15 Apr 2024) 42.48%
Short % of shares outstanding (15 Apr 2024) 41.96%
Shares short (prior month 15 Mar 2024) 45.93M

Dividends & splits

Forward annual dividend rate 41.23
Forward annual dividend yield 43.25%
Trailing annual dividend rate 30.90
Trailing annual dividend yield 32.39%
5-year average dividend yield 42.40
Payout ratio 457.27%
Dividend date 301 Jun 2024
Ex-dividend date 409 May 2024
Last split factor 25:4
Last split date 303 Sept 2013

Financial highlights

Fiscal year

Fiscal year ends 31 Dec 2023
Most-recent quarter (mrq)31 Mar 2024

Profitability

Profit margin 29.52%
Operating margin (ttm)37.69%

Management effectiveness

Return on assets (ttm)2.67%
Return on equity (ttm)9.87%

Income statement

Revenue (ttm)1.94B
Revenue per share (ttm)7.20
Quarterly revenue growth (yoy)-15.70%
Gross profit (ttm)N/A
EBITDA 1.05B
Net income avi to common (ttm)572.56M
Diluted EPS (ttm)2.11
Quarterly earnings growth (yoy)38.80%

Balance sheet

Total cash (mrq)N/A
Total cash per share (mrq)N/A
Total debt (mrq)7.01B
Total debt/equity (mrq)115.29%
Current ratio (mrq)0.62
Book value per share (mrq)22.24

Cash flow statement

Operating cash flow (ttm)N/A
Levered free cash flow (ttm)N/A