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 11,229 - -
Change - -7.74% -18.5% -2.24% 8.83% 3.45% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 19,618 19,335 17,265 17,710 19,102 20,295 21,051 21,668
Change - -1.44% -10.71% 2.58% 7.86% 6.24% 3.73% 2.93%
P/E 32.1x 27x 20.1x 16.7x 17.4x 17.8x 16.6x 15.6x
PBR 2.67x 2.34x 1.73x 1.61x 1.58x 1.55x 1.49x 1.42x
PEG - 4.51x 3.95x 1x 12.59x 17.1x 2.38x 2.3x
Capitalization / Revenue 7.23x 5.47x 4.97x 4.78x 4.39x 4.43x 4.17x 3.94x
EV / Revenue 10.4x 8.45x 8.41x 8.49x 7.72x 8x 7.82x 7.6x
EV / EBITDA 21.8x 19.7x 16.7x 15.7x 14.3x 13.9x 13.4x 12.8x
EV / EBIT 32.5x 29.2x 24.9x 23.4x 20.7x 19.7x 18.6x 17.5x
EV / FCF -52.2x -41.8x -65x -31.7x - -32.1x -39.1x -48.2x
FCF Yield -1.92% -2.39% -1.54% -3.16% - -3.11% -2.56% -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% 3.56% 3.78% 3.99%
EPS 2 1.67 1.77 1.86 2.17 2.2 2.223 2.378 2.539
Distribution rate 62.1% 62.7% 63.9% 58.3% 60.7% 63.4% 62.9% 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 1,028 1,131 1,239
Net income 1 431.6 465.2 498.2 595.3 616.4 646.9 694.6 744.3
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 39.59 39.59 39.59
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 (N) EV / Sales (N) EV / EBITDA (N) Dividend Yield (N) Capi.($)
17.81x8x13.86x3.56% 11.23B
15.48x5.73x9.04x2.85% 19.98B
14.12x7.39x12.39x4.06% 13.48B
18.35x6.61x13.25x4.32% 12.11B
23.71x - - 2.39% 3.42B
10.25x - - - 3.25B
19.87x5.22x12.61x6.51% 2.91B
11.27x - - - 3.18B
20.8x - - 2.63% 3.05B
8.46x6.01x8.48x5.78% 2.36B
Average 16.01x 6.49x 11.61x 4.01% 7.5B
Weighted average by Cap. 16.18x 6.66x 11.61x 3.69%

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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