Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Market Cap & Valuation Ratios
Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) has a market cap of $12.2B, a trailing P/E of 22.0 and a price-to-sales ratio of 4.8, with earnings according to EquiReason's reading of its SEC filings.
Source: SEC EDGAR filings · figures as of 2026-06-30 · read by EquiReason
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- Market cap
- 12.2B
- P/E TTM
- 22.0
- Dividend yield
- 3.2%
- 52-week
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- Next earnings
- 3 Nov, in 10 days
Peers
utilities - regulated water · nearest by market cap · trailing 12 months| Company | Mkt cap, $B | P/E | EV/Sales | EV/EBITDA | FCF yield | Rev. growth | Op. margin | ROIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTRG | 12 | 22.0 | 8.1 | 15.5 | -3.7% | +10% | 35% | 6% |
| AWK | 28 | 24.7 | 8.4 | 15.3 | -3.6% | +7% | 37% | 6% |
| AWR | 3.4 | 23.4 | 6.1 | 15.7 | 0.6% | +13% | 32% | 9% |
| CWT | 3.0 | 21.6 | 4.4 | 14.0 | -7.9% | +6% | 18% | 5% |
| HTO | 2.5 | 23.6 | 5.1 | 13.9 | — | +5% | 21% | 5% |
| CDZIP | 1.8 | — | 155.6 | — | -1.8% | -21% | -236% | -33% |
| MSEX | 1.1 | 21.6 | 7.2 | 16.1 | -3.8% | +5% | 29% | 6% |
| YORW | 0.5 | 19.8 | 8.5 | 15.7 | -2.7% | +9% | 37% | 5% |
| CWCO | 0.4 | 28.1 | 2.4 | 13.8 | 6.8% | -1% | 12% | 14% |
| CDZI | 0.4 | — | 37.9 | — | -8.5% | -21% | -236% | -33% |
| ARTNA | 0.4 | 14.9 | 4.4 | 12.0 | -5.2% | +6% | 25% | 5% |
| Median of these 10 | 22.5 | 6.7 | 14.6 | -3.6% | +6% | 23% | 5% |
P/E 22.0 vs. a peer median of 22.5; EV/Sales 8.1 vs. 6.7. WTRG's own P/E sits at the 63rd percentile of its history.
Growth vs. price
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Essential Utilities, Inc. — questions
- What is Essential Utilities, Inc.'s market cap?
- $12.2B.
- What is Essential Utilities, Inc.'s P/E ratio?
- 22.0 on trailing twelve-month earnings to 2026-06-30.
- What is Essential Utilities, Inc.'s price-to-sales ratio?
- 4.8.
Every figure on this page comes from Essential Utilities, Inc.'s own SEC filings — see them on SEC EDGAR. Price data is licensed and shown only inside the product.
How these figures are read: methodology · EquiReason.