Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG): Valuation
TTM figures as of June 30, 2026
Essential Utilities, Inc. trades at 21.0 times trailing earnings. On P/E that is higher than 33% of its own month-end history back to 2010. The Utilities median P/E is 20.7.
Earnings yield 4.76%. Shareholder yield 3.22%. ROIC 4.6%. Net debt $11.5B.
198 month-end valuation observations are on file, starting March 2010.
Sector comparison uses 413 Utilities names.
Frequently asked questions
Is WTRG cheap versus its own history?
Essential Utilities, Inc. trades at 21.0 times trailing earnings. On P/E that is higher than 33% of its own month-end history back to 2010. The Utilities median P/E is 20.7.
What is WTRG's free-cash-flow yield?
Free-cash-flow yield is trailing free cash flow divided by the live market cap. It is omitted when free cash flow is missing.
Where do these valuation figures come from?
Yields and quality metrics are computed from the same SEC TTM figures as the financials page, against the live market cap. Historical bands reconstruct month-end market cap from split-adjusted closes and the share count in the units it was filed, then divide by those dollar totals. Nothing here is a third-party estimate.