Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater and natural gas services in the United States. The company provides utility services to nearly five million people in the U.S. It completed the acquisition of Peoples Gas. It has identified 12 operating segments and 2 reportable segments, namely Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas. The Regulated Water segment comprises 8 operating segments for its water and wastewater regulated utility companies, and the Regulated Natural Gas segment includes 1 operating segment representing natural gas utility companies. Also, the company includes 3 of its operating segments in Other. The Other segment represents non-regulated natural gas operations, Aqua Resources and Aqua Infrastructure. Its water supplies are primarily self-supplied and processed at surface water treatment plants as well as numerous well stations in the states in which it conducts business.
| Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $2.05B |
| Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $498.23M |
| PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) | 16.96 |
| PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 20.48 |
| PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) | 2.69 |
| Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 5.05 |
| Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) | 1.60 |
| Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) | 11.69 |
| Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 26.63% |
| Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 27.84% |
| Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) | 7.89% |
| Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) | 2.79% |
| Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 0.55 |
| Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 0.39 |
| Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.17 |
| Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) | 8.67 |
| Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $21.58 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $0.25 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $1.86 |
| Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) | $2.00 |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Industry | Utilities - Regulated Water |
| Common Shares Outstanding | 274.61M |
| Free Float | 274.03M |
| Market Capitalization | $9.90B |
| Average Volume (Last 20 Days) | 1.22M |
| Beta (Past 60 Months) | 0.86 |
| Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) | 0.21% |
| Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) | 74.78% |
| Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) | $1.30 |
| Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) | 3.61% |