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Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)

NYSE - Nasdaq Real-time price. Currency in USD
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40.71+0.07 (+0.17%)
At close: 04:00PM EDT
40.96 +0.25 (+0.61%)
After hours: 07:44PM EDT
Currency in USD

Valuation measures4

Market cap (intra-day) 11.14B
Enterprise value 18.14B
Trailing P/E 19.29
Forward P/E 20.58
PEG ratio (5-yr expected) 3.01
Price/sales (ttm)5.67
Price/book (mrq)1.83
Enterprise value/revenue 9.35
Enterprise value/EBITDA 15.63

Trading information

Stock price history

Beta (5Y monthly) 0.83
52-week change 3-3.74%
S&P500 52-week change 318.96%
52-week high 342.59
52-week low 332.07
50-day moving average 338.26
200-day moving average 336.48

Share statistics

Avg vol (3-month) 31.28M
Avg vol (10-day) 31.28M
Shares outstanding 5273.52M
Implied shares outstanding 6276.42M
Float 8272.7M
% held by insiders 10.19%
% held by institutions 184.33%
Shares short (15 Jul 2024) 46.21M
Short ratio (15 Jul 2024) 44.73
Short % of float (15 Jul 2024) 42.87%
Short % of shares outstanding (15 Jul 2024) 42.27%
Shares short (prior month 14 Jun 2024) 47.29M

Dividends & splits

Forward annual dividend rate 41.23
Forward annual dividend yield 43.02%
Trailing annual dividend rate 31.21
Trailing annual dividend yield 32.97%
5-year average dividend yield 42.44
Payout ratio 457.27%
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 Mar 2024

Profitability

Profit margin 29.52%
Operating margin (ttm)37.72%

Management effectiveness

Return on assets (ttm)2.66%
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)35.2M
Total cash per share (mrq)0.13
Total debt (mrq)7.05B
Total debt/equity (mrq)116.00%
Current ratio (mrq)0.62
Book value per share (mrq)22.23

Cash flow statement

Operating cash flow (ttm)772.67M
Levered free cash flow (ttm)-533.09M