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Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)

NYSE - Nasdaq Real-time price. Currency in USD
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38.67+0.37 (+0.97%)
At close: 04:00PM EDT
38.51 -0.16 (-0.41%)
After hours: 04:06PM EDT
Currency in USD

Valuation measures4

Market cap (intra-day) 10.48B
Enterprise value 17.56B
Trailing P/E 18.15
Forward P/E 19.23
PEG ratio (5-yr expected) 2.53
Price/sales (ttm)5.33
Price/book (mrq)1.72
Enterprise value/revenue 9.05
Enterprise value/EBITDA 15.13

Trading information

Stock price history

Beta (5Y monthly) 0.81
52-week change 3-9.69%
S&P500 52-week change 325.77%
52-week high 343.74
52-week low 332.07
50-day moving average 335.88
200-day moving average 336.31

Share statistics

Avg vol (3-month) 31.72M
Avg vol (10-day) 31.72M
Shares outstanding 5273.52M
Implied shares outstanding 6273.52M
Float 8272.61M
% held by insiders 10.19%
% held by institutions 182.31%
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 43.21%
Trailing annual dividend rate 31.21
Trailing annual dividend yield 33.15%
5-year average dividend yield 42.40
Payout ratio 457.27%
Dividend date 301 June 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