WTRG PEER ANALYSIS

Essential Utilities Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

WTRGEssential Utilities Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Utilities - Regulated Water

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

WTRGIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	WTRG	BIP-UN	CU	ORG	RED	APA	Ind. Median
P/E	19.69	41.16	288.65	17.26	13.15●	79.29	23.65
P/B	1.59	3.21	2.17	1.81	1.52●	4.63	2.09
EV/EBITDA	14.32	7.71●	13.00	15.70	—	12.43	13.79
P/S	4.30	0.71●	3.83	1.08	3.95	4.05	4.30

Financial Health
Metric	WTRG	BIP-UN	CU	ORG	RED	APA	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.95	0.68	1.32●	1.18	1.14	0.99	1.01
Debt/Equity	122.5%	1,290.2%	186.0%	48.5%●	—	478.5%	98.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	6.20	6.13	5.84	2.83●	—	6.27	4.85

Profitability
Metric	WTRG	BIP-UN	CU	ORG	RED	APA	Ind. Median
Net Margin	21.8%	1.7%	2.9%	6.3%	30.1%●	5.1%	20.3%
ROE	8.3%	7.7%	1.6%	10.2%	11.5%●	5.8%	9.3%
ROA	2.9%	0.4%	0.4%	5.0%●	4.0%	0.8%	3.2%
EBITDA Margin	52.9%	45.2%	53.5%	8.4%	76.4%●	65.8%	48.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	WTRG	BIP-UN	CU	ORG	RED	APA	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	13.1%	13.0%	-1.3%	-3.8%	35.5%●	0.1%	5.7%
NI Growth	-9.2%	139.7%●	-77.4%	-28.0%	68.0%	—	2.4%
Div. Yield	3.6%	3.3%	3.5%	5.7%	5.3%	5.8%●	2.7%
Payout	68.5%	482.0%	538.3%	97.8%	128.5%	305.6%	59.4%

Valuation
Metric	WTRG	AWK	AWR	CWT	Ind. Median
P/E	19.69●	23.55	24.48	24.87	23.65
P/B	1.59●	2.35	3.06	1.65	2.09
EV/EBITDA	14.32	14.82	16.17	13.81●	13.79
P/S	4.30	4.99	4.80	2.93●	4.30

Financial Health
Metric	WTRG	AWK	AWR	CWT	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.95	0.37	1.22●	0.69	1.01
Debt/Equity	122.5%	142.2%	87.5%●	95.3%	98.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	6.20	5.55	3.52●	4.85	4.85

Profitability
Metric	WTRG	AWK	AWR	CWT	Ind. Median
Net Margin	21.8%●	21.2%	19.7%	11.8%	20.3%
ROE	8.3%	10.2%	13.2%●	7.0%	9.3%
ROA	2.9%	3.2%	5.1%●	2.2%	3.2%
EBITDA Margin	52.9%	53.8%●	38.0%	32.6%	48.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	WTRG	AWK	AWR	CWT	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	13.1%●	8.1%	11.7%	4.2%	5.7%
NI Growth	-9.2%	2.9%	8.6%●	-11.4%	2.4%
Div. Yield	3.6%●	2.5%	2.4%	2.5%	2.7%
Payout	68.5%	58.6%	57.4%	61.9%	59.4%

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