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How Essential Utilities, Inc. stacks up
WTRG · against 358 other Utilities companies
Valuation
77/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #82 of 359 · scores higher than 77% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score36 peers with a valuation score of 70–79, including WTRG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 77?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Its metrics sit close to the Utilities norm.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 78% of peers. EBITDA yield: 13.2% vs peer median 8.6%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 8.4% vs peer median 4.8%
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -8.4% vs peer median 0.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WTRG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WTRG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 356 reported | 4.4% | 5.0% | 41% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 359 reported | 6.4% | 8.6% | 22% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 164 reported | -3.6% | -1.8% | 43% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 341 reported | 56.2% | 64.7% | 41% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WTRGScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score