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Essential Utilities is an utilities-regulated water business based in the US. Essential Utilities shares (WTRG) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Essential Utilities employs 3,187 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.3 billion.
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| Latest market close | $42.56 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $38.01 - $51.76 |
| 50-day moving average | $45.69 |
| 200-day moving average | $46.37 |
| Wall St. target price | $55.25 |
| PE ratio | 24.4773 |
| Dividend yield | $1.11 (2.65%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.76 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $42.56 from 2023-03-17
| 1 week (2023-03-13) | 0.61% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2023-02-17) | -7.78% |
| 3 months (2022-12-20) | -8.87% |
| 6 months (2022-09-20) | -7.28% |
| 1 year (2022-03-18) | -11.48% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2021-03-19) | 1.37% |
| 3 years (2020-03-20) | 27.44% |
| 5 years (2018-03-20) | 41.09% |
Valuing Essential Utilities stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Essential Utilities's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
| Revenue TTM | $2.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 29.25% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.75% |
| Return on equity TTM | 8.81% |
| Profit margin | 20.33% |
| Book value | $20.39 |
| Market capitalisation | $11.4 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 63.8% of net profits
Recently Essential Utilities has paid out, on average, around 63.8% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.65% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Essential Utilities shareholders could enjoy a 2.65% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Essential Utilities's case, that would currently equate to about $1.11 per share.
Essential Utilities's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Essential Utilities's most recent dividend payout was on 31 May 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 10 May 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Essential Utilities's shares were split on a 5:4 basis on 2 September 2013. So if you had owned 4 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Essential Utilities shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 20% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Essential Utilities shares which in turn could have impacted Essential Utilities's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Essential Utilities's shares have ranged in value from as little as $38.0103 up to $51.7583. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Essential Utilities's is 0.7808. This would suggest that Essential Utilities's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Essential Utilities, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas segments. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. The company also provides non-utility raw water supply services for firms in the natural gas drilling industry; and water and sewer line protection solutions, and repair services to households. It serves approximately 8. 8 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands.
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