WTRGEssential Utilities, Inc.
Is the price fair?
Neither cheap nor expensive: in its normal P/E range and in line with its sector.
In its normal range: P/E 19.9 vs a 20.7 median over 41 quarters (−4% vs median).
Sector median 22.4× across 56 covered peers. EV/EBIT counts debt as part of the price, so a cash-rich and a borrowed company can be compared on the same footing.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.
What WTRG's price assumes
Essential Utilities, Inc. trades at 19.9× earnings against 20.6× for the median Utilities - Regulated Water name, cheaper than its own group.
Trailing P/E · Utilities - Regulated Water median 20.6 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 4.19
Price / sales · today's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
- Price / book
- 1.53
Price / book · today's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
- EV / sales
- 7.48
EV / sales
Details›
- Price / booktoday's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
- 1.53
- EV / EBITtoday's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
- 21.3
- EV / salestoday's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
- 7.48
- Utilities median P/E86 names
- 19.8
- Utilities - Regulated Water median P/E10 names
- 20.6
- Market capitalisation
- $10.8B
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $36.28 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $40.53 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $50.49 |
| 52-week range | $36.05 – $41.99 |
| Today | $38.98 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.