Essential Utilities (WTRG): Price and Financial Metrics

WTRG POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where WTRG ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 80.08% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WTRG is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• WTRG ranks lowest in Quality; there it ranks in the 20th percentile.

WTRG Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of Essential Utilities Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.5% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Essential Utilities Inc is higher than it is for about 96.41% of US stocks.
• The volatility of Essential Utilities Inc's share price is greater than that of only 4.72% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to WTRG, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are BKH, AL, MAC, CLPR, and TGH.
• WTRG's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Essential Utilities Inc's official web site, go to www.essential.co.

WTRG Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, WTRG's price/sales ratio is 228.57% higher, now standing at 6.9.
• Over the past 243 months, WTRG's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 14.1.
• WTRG's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.9 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WTRG.

WTRG Growth Metrics

The 4 year revenue growth rate now stands at 15.64%.
• Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 88.29%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at 16.03%.

Over the past 70 months, WTRG's revenue has gone up $1,061,659,000.

The table below shows WTRG's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	1,878.144	644.679	431.612
2021-09-30	1,816.455	649.221	417.813
2021-06-30	1,803.242	675.69	423.042
2021-03-31	1,790.678	667.984	416.757
2020-12-31	1,462.698	508.024	284.849
2020-09-30	1,214.742	531.149	246.369

WTRG's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• WTRG has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 21.71% of graded US stocks.
• WTRG's asset turnover comes in at 0.131 -- ranking 92nd of 105 Utilities stocks.
• DCP, ENBL, and OPTT are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WTRG.

The table below shows WTRG's key quality metrics over time.