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Essential Utilities, Inc. trades at 21.4× earnings against 23.4× for the median Utilities - Regulated Water name, cheaper than its own group.
21.4
Trailing P/E · Utilities - Regulated Water median 23.4 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 4.43
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Price / book
- 1.64
Price / book · as of 2026-Q1
- EV / sales
- 7.68
EV / sales
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 1.64
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 10.6
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 7.68
- Utilities median P/E76 names
- 21.2
- Utilities - Regulated Water median P/E7 names
- 23.4
- Market capitalisation
- $10.8B
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $36.14 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $42.16 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $51.83 |
| 52-week range | $36.03 – $41.95 |
| Today | $41.95 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Utilities - Regulated Water
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