Projected Income Statement: Essential Utilities, Inc.

Forecast Balance Sheet: Essential Utilities, Inc.

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Net Debt 1 6,048 6,816 7,062 7,736 8,247 9,211 9,822 10,439
Change - 12.7% 3.61% 9.54% 6.61% 11.68% 6.63% 6.28%
Announcement Date 2/23/22 2/27/23 2/22/24 2/26/25 2/25/26 - - -
1USD in Million
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Cash Flow Forecast: Essential Utilities, Inc.

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
CAPEX 1 1,021 1,063 1,199 1,330 1,430 1,733 1,682 1,654
Change - 4.14% 12.83% 10.9% 7.54% 21.18% -2.91% -1.71%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 -375.8 -462.5 -265.5 -559.4 - -523 -490 -410
Change - -23.05% 42.59% -110.69% - - 6.31% 16.33%
Announcement Date 2/23/22 2/27/23 2/22/24 2/26/25 2/25/26 - - -
1USD in Million
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Forecast Financial Ratios: Essential Utilities, Inc.

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 47.95% 42.93% 50.43% 54.03% 54.09% 55.44% 58.46% 59.55%
EBIT Margin (%) 32.09% 28.9% 33.7% 36.32% 37.22% 43.48% 41.98% 43.4%
EBT Margin (%) 22.47% 19.71% 21.02% 27.49% 25.05% 27.11% 27.35% 28.39%
Net margin (%) 22.98% 20.33% 24.26% 28.54% 24.91% 25.25% 25.78% 26.07%
FCF margin (%) -20.01% -20.21% -12.93% -26.82% - -20.41% -18.18% -14.36%
FCF / Net Income (%) -87.08% -99.4% -53.29% -93.97% - -80.83% -70.55% -55.09%

Profitability

        
ROA 3.04% 3.06% 3.06% 3.1% 3.29% 3.2% 3.3% 3.3%
ROE 8.75% 8.81% 8.84% 8.94% 9.44% 9% 9.45% 9.52%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 6.71x 6.94x 6.82x 6.86x 6.16x 6.48x 6.24x 6.14x
Debt / Free cash flow -16.09x -14.74x -26.6x -13.83x - -17.61x -20.04x -25.46x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 54.34% 46.45% 58.38% 63.74% 57.79% 67.63% 62.44% 57.92%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 113.31% 108.18% 115.77% 117.97% 106.84% 121.99% 106.81% 97.26%
CAPEX / FCF (%) -271.53% -229.81% -451.61% -237.71% - -331.33% -343.37% -403.35%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 2.901 3.052 2.976 2.807 - - - -
Change - 5.18% -2.48% -5.67% - - - -
Dividend per Share 1 1.038 1.11 1.188 1.265 1.336 1.409 1.492 1.58
Change - 7% 7.01% 6.48% 5.61% 5.44% 5.93% 5.85%
Book Value Per Share 1 20.08 20.39 21.57 22.59 24.22 25.54 26.63 27.79
Change - 1.54% 5.81% 4.7% 7.24% 5.44% 4.27% 4.34%
EPS 1 1.67 1.77 1.86 2.17 2.2 2.2 2.375 2.519
Change - 5.99% 5.08% 16.67% 1.38% 0% 7.97% 6.06%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 252,743 262,291 273,166 274,611 282,976 283,779 283,779 283,779
Announcement Date 2/23/22 2/27/23 2/22/24 2/26/25 2/25/26 - - -
1USD
Estimates
2026 *2027 *
P/E 18.1x 16.8x
PBR 1.56x 1.5x
EV / Sales 8.01x 7.84x
Yield 3.53% 3.74%

EPS & Dividend

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
7
Last Close Price
39.86USD
Average target price
41.60USD
Spread / Average Target
+4.37%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

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