We're taking a closer look at Essential Utilities today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 0.41% compared to 0.02% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Essential Utilities, Inc. operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States.
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Essential Utilities has moved -9.11% over the last year compared to -6.81% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -2.3%
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WTRG has an average analyst rating of buy and is -24.58% away from its mean target price of $55.25 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $1.77
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Essential Utilities has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.54 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.02 and its forward P/E ratio is 20.63
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WTRG has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 3.665, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.393 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Essential Utilities is part of the Utilities sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.89 and an average P/B of 1.03
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Essential Utilities has on average reported free cash flows of $-1,043,923,800.00 over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of -275.1%
