Essential Utilities (WTRG): Price and Financial Metrics

WTRG POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where WTRG ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 88.12% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WTRG is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• WTRG's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 4.5% of US stocks).

WTRG Stock Summary

• ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC's stock had its IPO on December 30, 1987, making it an older stock than 90.76% of US equities in our set.
• Of note is the ratio of ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.4% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For WTRG, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 96.93% of US equities we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC, a group of peers worth examining would be BKH, SR, ARTNA, MAC, and FLNG.
• 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 EV/EBIT ratio is 23.79% higher, now standing at 25.5.
• WTRG's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 10.7 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WTRG.

WTRG Growth Metrics

The 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 182.97%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 83.05%.
• The year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 4.76%.

WTRG's revenue has moved up $1,303,281,000 over the prior 67 months.

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
2022-09-30	2,118.336	601.986	466.811
2022-06-30	2,045.578	648.113	448.676
2022-03-31	1,993.854	699.802	447.299
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

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.