Utilities
Live Price
Offline$36.70
-0.68% today
1Y Change
-0.26%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 16, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) is a Utilities stock with a market cap of $10.75B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $36.70 and down 0.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +18.6%, EPS growth of +1.4%, a dividend yield of 3.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +18.6%, EPS +1.4%, free cash flow +25.0% with operating margin 37.2% and ROIC 4.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 17.4 and price/sales 4.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WTRG price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Utilities peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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WTRG
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
WTRG Max Drawdown
-13.55%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.9B
-17.9% YoY
FY Net Income
$431.6M
-7.2% YoY
Free Cash Flow
-$375.8M
+18.7% YoY
Revenue Growth
+18.6%
EPS Growth
+1.4%
Gross Margin
53.5%
Net Margin
24.9%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.5B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.3B | 1.9B |
| Gross Profit | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 987M |
| Operating Income | 921M | 758M | 692M | 661M | 603M |
| EBITDA | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 928M |
| Net Income | 616M | 595M | 498M | 465M | 432M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 35M | 9M | 5M | 11M | 11M |
| Total Assets | 19.9B | 18.0B | 16.8B | 15.7B | 14.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 13.0B | 11.8B | 10.9B | 10.3B | 9.5B |
| Shareholder Equity | 6.9B | 6.2B | 5.9B | 5.4B | 5.2B |
| Total Debt | 8.3B | 7.7B | 7.1B | 6.8B | 6.0B |
| Net Debt | 8.3B | 7.7B | 7.1B | 6.8B | 6.0B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
645M
+7.4% YoY
Capital Expenditures
1.0B
+4.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
376M
+18.7% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
53.5%
Operating Margin
37.2%
Net Margin
24.9%
ROE
9.2%
Debt / Equity
1.22x
Next Step
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