WTRGEssential Utilities, Inc.

$40.76

Is the price fair?

What WTRG's price assumes

Essential Utilities, Inc. trades at 20.8× earnings against 23.2× for the median Utilities - Regulated Water name, cheaper than its own group.

20.8

Trailing P/E · Utilities - Regulated Water median 23.2 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
4.43

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Price / book
1.64

Price / book · as of 2026-Q1

EV / sales
7.68

EV / sales

Details
Price / book2026-Q1
1.64
EV / EBIT2026-Q1
10.6
EV / sales2026-Q1
7.68
Utilities median P/E76 names
21.4
Utilities - Regulated Water median P/E7 names
23.2
Market capitalisation
$10.4B
What the market has paid for these earnings: 38 quarters of its own multiple × $1.96 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$36.14
Its own P/E history, median$42.16
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$51.83
52-week range$36.03 – $41.35
Today$40.76

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.