Company Valuation: Essential Utilities, Inc.

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope
Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Market Cap 1 13,570 12,519 10,203 9,974 10,855 11,169 - -
Change - -7.74% -18.5% -2.24% 8.83% 2.9% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 19,618 19,335 17,265 17,710 19,102 20,235 20,991 21,608
Change - -1.44% -10.71% 2.58% 7.86% 5.93% 3.74% 2.94%
P/E 32.1x 27x 20.1x 16.7x 17.4x 17.7x 16.5x 15.5x
PBR 2.67x 2.34x 1.73x 1.61x 1.58x 1.54x 1.48x 1.42x
PEG - 4.51x 3.95x 1x 12.59x 12.81x 2.37x 2.4x
Capitalization / Revenue 7.23x 5.47x 4.97x 4.78x 4.39x 4.41x 4.15x 3.92x
EV / Revenue 10.4x 8.45x 8.41x 8.49x 7.72x 7.98x 7.8x 7.58x
EV / EBITDA 21.8x 19.7x 16.7x 15.7x 14.3x 13.8x 13.4x 12.8x
EV / EBIT 32.5x 29.2x 24.9x 23.4x 20.7x 19.7x 18.5x 17.4x
EV / FCF -52.2x -41.8x -65x -31.7x - -32x -38.9x -48x
FCF Yield -1.92% -2.39% -1.54% -3.16% - -3.12% -2.57% -2.08%
Dividend per Share 2 1.038 1.11 1.188 1.265 1.336 1.409 1.495 1.58
Rate of return 1.93% 2.33% 3.18% 3.48% 3.48% 3.58% 3.8% 4.01%
EPS 2 1.67 1.77 1.86 2.17 2.2 2.23 2.385 2.539
Distribution rate 62.1% 62.7% 63.9% 58.3% 60.7% 63.2% 62.7% 62.2%
Net sales 1 1,878 2,288 2,054 2,086 2,475 2,535 2,691 2,851
EBITDA 1 900.7 982.4 1,036 1,127 1,338 1,464 1,569 1,691
EBIT 1 602.7 661.2 692.1 757.7 921 1,029 1,133 1,241
Net income 1 431.6 465.2 498.2 595.3 616.4 647.9 695.6 745.6
Net Debt 1 6,048 6,816 7,062 7,736 8,247 9,066 9,822 10,439
Reference price 2 53.69 47.73 37.35 36.32 38.36 39.38 39.38 39.38
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 252,743 262,291 273,166 274,611 282,976 283,633 - -
Announcement Date 2/23/22 2/27/23 2/22/24 2/26/25 2/25/26 - - -
1USD in Million2USD
Estimates

P/E, Detailed evolution

P/E (Y) EV / Sales (Y) EV / EBITDA (Y) Dividend Yield (Y) Capi.($)
17.66x7.98x13.82x3.58% 11.17B
16.21x5.92x9.35x2.72% 20.58B
13.97x7.35x12.32x4.1% 13.38B
18x6.59x13.22x4.33% 12.07B
23.48x - - 2.45% 3.32B
20.5x - - 2.67% 3.01B
22.92x5.3x12.7x6.26% 3.03B
10.73x - - - 3.02B
9.02x - - - 2.86B
7.83x - - 3.88% 2.45B
Average 16.03x 6.63x 12.28x 3.75% 7.49B
Weighted average by Cap. 16.31x 6.72x 11.78x 3.59%

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Historical PBR trend

Evolution Enterprise Value / Sales

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

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