Essential Utilities Statistics
NYSE: WTRGUtilitiesWater SupplyUSD
38.98+0.255 (+0.66%)
Market open · Delayed 15 min · as of Oct 9, 1:51 PM ET
Essential Utilities by the numbers
Essential Utilities has a market capitalization of $11.05 billion based on 283.63M shares outstanding. Its trailing P/E ratio is 19.9, below the 7-company peer median of 20.7, and its forward P/E is 16.4. The stock trades 3.4% below its 50-day average and 0.5% below its 200-day average.
Average daily trading volume is 2.27M shares, or about $88.4 million in dollar volume.
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
WTRG valuation vs. peer median
| Metric | WTRG | Peer median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $11.05B | $759.79M | +1355% |
| P/E (TTM) | 19.9 | 20.7 | -4% |
| Forward P/E | 16.4 | 20.5 | -20% |
| Dividend yield | 3.52% | 2.77% | +27% |
| Avg. volume | 2.27M | 191.91K | +1082% |
Peer median across 8 companies: AWR, CWT, HTO, MSEX, YORW, CWCO, ARTNA, CDZI.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $11.05B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.89
- Forward P/E
- 16.38
- Price / sales (latest FY)
- 4.47
- EPS (TTM)
- $1.96
- Shares outstanding
- 283.63M
Price and trading
- Previous close
- 38.72
- Open
- 38.72
- Day range
- 38.57 – 39.02
- 52-week range
- 36.11 – 42.51
- 52-week change
- -5.65%
- Beta
- —
- Volume
- 566.49K
- Average volume
- 2.27M
Dividends and events
- Annual dividend
- $1.37
- Dividend yield
- 3.52%
- Next earnings date
- Nov 3, 2026
Additional statistics
- Market Cap
- 11.05B
- Pe
- 19.89
- Forward Pe
- 16.38
- Eps
- 1.96
- Dividend Yield
- 3.73%
- Dividend Rate
- 1.37
- Week52 High
- 42.51
- Week52 Low
- 36.11
- Avg Volume
- 2.27M
- Shares Outstanding
- 283.63M
- Ma50
- 40.33
- Ma200
- 39.19
- Earnings Date
- Nov 3, 2026
- Pct From52w High
- -8.32%
- Pct From52w Low
- 7.93%