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Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)

Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) stock — the fundamentals (P/E, market cap, valuation) and every material event, decoded in plain English.

Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) stock — financials & valuation

Key numbers for Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG): P/E ratio, market cap, profit margins, returns, and whether the stock looks cheap or expensive versus its own 5-year range.

AllSight quality score: 39/100 — a percentile rank of Essential Utilities, Inc.’s fundamentals against Transportation & Utilities peers, weakest on management. A quality ranking, not a price prediction.

Market cap$11.1B
P / E20.0×
P / S4.3×
EV / EBITDA14.7×
Gross margin82.6%
Operating margin35.1%
Net margin21.6%
Return on equity7.2%
ROIC5.2%
Revenue growth9.9%
Debt / equity1.1×
Dividend yield3.5%

Is Essential Utilities, Inc. overvalued? P/E looks fair vs its 5-year range; P/S looks undervalued vs its 5-year range; EV/EBITDA looks undervalued vs its 5-year range; P/B looks undervalued vs its 5-year range.

Independent of the events above — derived from Essential Utilities, Inc.’s own financial statements and shown as context, never as advice.

Sep 17, 2026Merger settlement filed
Essential Utilities files non-unanimous PA merger settlement, leaving final PUC approval
Aug 31, 2026Merger settlement
Essential Utilities reaches non-unanimous merger settlement; PaPUC approval still pending
Aug 17, 2026Merger disclosure
Merger paperwork moves forward—but the biggest question remains unanswered
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