Valuation: Essential Utilities, Inc.

Market Cap 11.4B 9.77B 9.14B 8.37B 15.7B 1,091B 15.91B 108B 42.11B 548B 42.81B 41.88B 1,813B P/E 2026 *
18.3x
P/E 2027 * 17x
Enterprise Value 20.61B 17.66B 16.52B 15.12B 28.38B 1,972B 28.76B 195B 76.12B 991B 77.4B 75.72B 3,277B EV / Sales 2026 *
8.32x
EV / Sales 2027 * 8x
Free-Float
98.57%
Yield 2026 *
3.51%
Yield 2027 * 3.71%
1 day-0.57%
1 week-0.50%
Current month+0.83%
1 month+1.98%
3 months+7.32%
6 months+3.88%
Current year+4.74%
1 week 39.56
Extreme 39.565
41.3
1 month 38.3
Extreme 38.3
41.39
Current year 36.1
Extreme 36.105
41.84
1 year 36.1
Extreme 36.105
42.37
3 years 32.07
Extreme 32.07
42.37
5 years 32.07
Extreme 32.07
53.93
10 years 28.03
Extreme 28.03
54.52
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 60 01/07/2015
Director of Finance/CFO 56 01/10/2018
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - 08/11/2022
Director TitleAgeSince
Chairman 60 01/01/2018
Director/Board Member 69 29/06/2017
Director/Board Member 69 27/08/2018
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap.
7/8/26 Sell

Executive/Senior Manager

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

Chief Accounting Officer

404 0.0001%
22/2/26 Free

Executive/Senior Manager

4,800 0.0017%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-0.57%-0.50%+1.41%+8.62% 11.4B
+1.89%-0.17%+2.97%+104.97% 16.14B
+0.56%+0.85%+22.07%+57.45% 14.42B
+0.78%+0.78%+18.85%+35.45% 12.82B
-0.76%-0.38%+17.14%+2.78% 3.51B
-0.97%+0.14%+2.59%+26.87% 3.15B
-0.71%0.00%-11.91%-5.39% 3.07B
-0.94%-1.69%+4.12%-3.69% 3.06B
+0.79%-0.09%-6.25%-26.64% 2.97B
+0.55%-0.45%+5.27%+44.09% 2.4B
Average +0.06%-0.20%+5.63%+24.45% 7.29B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.48%+0.08%+9.08%+43.44%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 2.48B 2.12B 1.99B 1.82B 3.41B 237B 3.46B 23.46B 9.15B 119B 9.3B 9.1B 394B 2.65B 2.27B 2.13B 1.95B 3.65B 254B 3.7B 25.13B 9.8B 128B 9.96B 9.75B 422B
Net income 647M 554M 519M 475M 891M 61.9B 903M 6.13B 2.39B 31.1B 2.43B 2.38B 103B 695M 595M 557M 510M 956M 66.46B 969M 6.58B 2.56B 33.38B 2.61B 2.55B 110B
Net Debt 9.21B 7.89B 7.38B 6.76B 12.68B 881B 12.85B 87.22B 34.01B 443B 34.59B 33.83B 1,464B 9.82B 8.41B 7.87B 7.21B 13.52B 940B 13.7B 93.01B 36.27B 472B 36.88B 36.08B 1,561B
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
21/08/26 USD 40.18 -0.57% 1,416,758
20/08/26 USD 40.41 -1.56% 1,823,433
19/08/26 USD 41.05 +1.73% 2,165,936
18/08/26 USD 40.35 +1.38% 1,370,902
17/08/26 USD 39.80 -1.44% 1,983,170
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
7
Last Close Price
40.18USD
Average target price
41.60USD
Spread / Average Target
+3.53%

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