profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Essential Utilities
$45.23+1.30% today
+13.2% in 1 year
1-year low $36.251-year high $46.05
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $21.01 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Essential Utilities sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.29 billion in 2022 to $2.47 billion in 2025, with $616 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Essential Utilities vs. similar companies
Essential Utilities grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Utilities | 21.0× · Fair price | ||
 American Water Works | 26.8× · Fair price | ||
 H2O America | 28.5× · Fair price | ||
 Select Water Solutions | 116.3× · Very expensive | ||
 Middlesex Water | 25.6× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Essential Utilities's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,463 | 1,878 | 2,288 | 2,054 | 2,086 | 2,475 | |
| – | – | 1,072 | 1,126 | 1,222 | 1,431 | |
| 435 | 603 | 661 | 692 | 758 | 921 | |
| 710 | 928 | 1,010 | 1,059 | 1,245 | 1,366 | |
| 285 | 432 | 465 | 498 | 595 | 616 | |
| 1.12 | 1.67 | 1.77 | 1.86 | 2.17 | 2.20 | |
| – | – | 46.9% | 54.8% | 58.6% | 57.8% | |
| 29.7% | 32.1% | 28.9% | 33.7% | 36.3% | 37.2% | |
| 19.5% | 23.0% | 20.3% | 24.3% | 28.5% | 24.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 13,705 | 14,658 | 15,719 | 16,841 | 18,027 | 19,465 |
| Cash | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 35 |
| Total debt | 5,655 | 5,968 | 6,837 | 7,088 | 7,725 | 8,304 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 10,342 | 10,945 | 11,828 | 12,607 |
| 4,684 | 5,184 | 5,377 | 5,896 | 6,199 | 6,857 | |
| 255 | 258 | 263 | 268 | 274 | 281 | |
| 3.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 4.9% | |
| 6.1% | 8.3% | 8.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% | 9.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 508 | 645 | 600 | 934 | 770 | 1,010 | |
| – | – | 1,063 | 1,199 | 1,330 | 1,430 | |
| – | – | -462 | -266 | -559 | -420 | |
| Dividends paid | 233 | 259 | 289 | 317 | 346 | 374 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 |
Valuation
- 21.0×
- 20.1×
- 1.45
- 1.5×
- 5.2×
- –
- 15.5×
- -3.2%
- 4.8%
- 3.7%
Profitability
- 57.8%
- 37.2%
- 24.9%
- 52.6%
- 4.4%
- 4.0%
- 8.2%
- 2.8%
- 4.7%
- –
Growth
- +11.1%
- +14.5%
- +25.0%
- +6.6%
- +2.1%
Financial health
- 6.2×
- 1.22
- 42.7%
- 2.7×
- 0.95
- 0.84
- 0.13
How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 34%of 397
Top 12%of 392
Bottom 40%of 363
Top 19%of 397
Bottom 31%of 396
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $40.00
- Range
- $38.00 – $42.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 0.83 | 1.01 | −17.8% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 0.47 | 0.36 | +30.6% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 0.33 | 0.28 | +16.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.38 | 0.29 | +31.0% |
| May 12, 2025 | 1.03 | 0.80 | +28.3% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 0.67 | 0.64 | +5.5% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 0.25 | 0.24 | +4.2% |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 0.28 | 0.30 | −6.7% |
3.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$37a year at today's yield, before tax
+6.6%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.69 in 2015 → $1.34 in 2025
How safe it looks
60.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
Essential Properties prices $450M notes, plans to repay $420M in credit borrowingsSeeking Alpha · Oct 28, 2026I'm a nutritionist from Japan: 7 'essential' anti-inflammatory foods that I swear byCNBC · Sep 5, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
41No pass
Benjamin Graham
64Pass
Philip Fisher
66Pass
Peter Lynch
65Pass
Joel Greenblatt
25No pass
Charlie Munger
43No pass
Terry Smith
39No pass
Questions about Essential Utilities
Is Essential Utilities a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Essential Utilities AI analysis
What does Essential Utilities do?
Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. It is in Regulated Water, based in Bryn Mawr, PA, United States, with 3,303 employees.
Does Essential Utilities pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.7% a year, about 61% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $374 million in dividends.
Is Essential Utilities stock halal?
No. Essential Utilities does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 64% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Essential Utilities stock done over the past year?
Up 13.2% over the past twelve months, to $45.23. It traded between $36.25 and $46.05, close to its high.
Who are Essential Utilities's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are American Water Works, H2O America, Select Water Solutions and Middlesex Water. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Essential Utilities's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.