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Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) stock score

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Water · United States

$38.98 ▲ +0.67% today

49.8
Dad Score, out of 100
middling

Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) is a Utilities - Regulated Water company in the Utilities sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 49.8 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a middling reading that places the business ahead of 50% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Utilities it ranks #69 of 114. Its strongest axes are quality, growth and liquidity; its weakest are valuation and risk.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Below average
Quality
Above average
Growth
Strong
Price action
no inputs
Risk
Weak
Conviction
Below average
Liquidity
Strong
Macro
Strong

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)20.2×
P/E (forward)16.5×
Dividend yield3.54%
Return on capital5.1%
Operating margin35.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+18.6%
FCF yield-2.2%
Net debt / EBITDA6.32×
Piotroski F-Score5 / 9
52-week change+1.9%
Market cap$11.2B
Next earningsNov 4, 2026

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Utilities - Regulated Water peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
AWKAmerican Water Works Company, Inc.78.7good$25.9B
SBSCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do 63.2middling$18.9B
AWRAmerican States Water Company59.9middling$3.3B
CWTCalifornia Water Service Group10.1poor$2.8B
HTOH2O America19.8weak$2.5B
MSEXMiddlesex Water Company18.6weak$1.0B
YORWThe York Water Company29.4weak$499M
CWCOConsolidated Water Co. Ltd.71.7good$483M

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.