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Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)

NYSE - Nasdaq Real-time price. Currency in USD
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36.09-0.48 (-1.31%)
At close: 04:00PM EDT
36.39 +0.30 (+0.83%)
After hours: 06:12PM EDT
Currency in USD

Valuation measures4

Market cap (intra-day) 9.87B
Enterprise value 16.95B
Trailing P/E 19.40
Forward P/E 18.15
PEG ratio (5-yr expected) 2.38
Price/sales (ttm)4.70
Price/book (mrq)1.67
Enterprise value/revenue 8.26
Enterprise value/EBITDA 16.01

Trading information

Stock price history

Beta (5Y monthly) 0.81
52-week change 3-15.50%
S&P500 52-week change 322.36%
52-week high 343.74
52-week low 332.07
50-day moving average 335.72
200-day moving average 336.43

Share statistics

Avg vol (3-month) 31.76M
Avg vol (10-day) 31.96M
Shares outstanding 5273.52M
Implied shares outstanding 6273.52M
Float 8272.49M
% held by insiders 10.19%
% held by institutions 179.76%
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 43.40%
Trailing annual dividend rate 31.19
Trailing annual dividend yield 33.25%
5-year average dividend yield 42.38
Payout ratio 463.88%
Dividend date 301 Jun 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 Dec 2023

Profitability

Profit margin 24.26%
Operating margin (ttm)36.65%

Management effectiveness

Return on assets (ttm)2.67%
Return on equity (ttm)8.84%

Income statement

Revenue (ttm)2.05B
Revenue per share (ttm)7.69
Quarterly revenue growth (yoy)-32.00%
Gross profit (ttm)N/A
EBITDA 1.04B
Net income avi to common (ttm)498.23M
Diluted EPS (ttm)1.86
Quarterly earnings growth (yoy)17.90%

Balance sheet

Total cash (mrq)4.61M
Total cash per share (mrq)0.02
Total debt (mrq)7.11B
Total debt/equity (mrq)120.57%
Current ratio (mrq)0.62
Book value per share (mrq)21.57

Cash flow statement

Operating cash flow (ttm)933.59M
Levered free cash flow (ttm)-433.2M