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 10,639 - -
Change - -7.74% -18.5% -2.24% 8.83% -1.99% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 19,618 19,335 17,265 17,710 19,102 19,663 20,445 21,065
Change - -1.44% -10.71% 2.58% 7.86% 2.94% 3.98% 3.03%
P/E Ratio 32.1x 27x 20.1x 16.7x 17.4x 16.8x 15.6x 14.8x
PBR 2.67x 2.34x 1.73x 1.61x 1.58x 1.47x 1.41x 1.35x
PEG - 4.51x 3.95x 1x 12.59x 11.23x 2.08x 2.56x
Capitalization / Revenue 7.23x 5.47x 4.97x 4.78x 4.39x 4.14x 3.91x 3.72x
EV / Revenue 10.4x 8.45x 8.41x 8.49x 7.72x 7.66x 7.52x 7.37x
EV / EBITDA 21.8x 19.7x 16.7x 15.7x 14.3x 13.4x 13x 12.5x
EV / EBIT 32.5x 29.2x 24.9x 23.4x 20.7x 18.8x 17.5x 16.6x
EV / FCF -52.2x -41.8x -65x -31.7x - -31.1x -37.9x -46.8x
FCF Yield -1.92% -2.39% -1.54% -3.16% - -3.21% -2.64% -2.14%
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% 3.76% 3.99% 4.21%
EPS 2 1.67 1.77 1.86 2.17 2.2 2.233 2.4 2.539
Distribution rate 62.1% 62.7% 63.9% 58.3% 60.7% 63.1% 62.3% 62.2%
Net sales 1 1,878 2,288 2,054 2,086 2,475 2,568 2,718 2,858
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 1,049 1,171 1,266
Net income 1 431.6 465.2 498.2 595.3 616.4 648.9 700.6 746.6
Net Debt 1 6,048 6,816 7,062 7,736 8,247 9,024 9,806 10,426
Reference price 2 53.69 47.73 37.35 36.32 38.36 37.51 37.51 37.51
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 252,743 262,291 273,166 274,611 282,976 283,633 - -
Announcement Date 2/23/22 A 2/27/23 A 2/22/24 A 2/26/25 A 2/25/26 A - - -
1USD in Million2USD
Estimates

P/E Ratio, Detailed evolution

P/E (Y) EV / Sales (Y) EV / EBITDA (Y) Dividend Yield (Y) Capi.($)
16.8x7.66x13.43x3.76% 10.64B
15.72x5.56x8.75x3% 19.04B
14.7x7.64x12.67x4.08% 13.1B
18.16x6.52x13.04x4.44% 11.83B
12.15x - - - 3.43B
9.7x - - - 3.08B
20.96x - - 2.7% 3.05B
18.92x5.28x12.79x6.24% 3.02B
10.33x6.58x9.39x4.99% 2.78B
18.6x - - 2.94% 2.73B
Average 15.60x 6.54x 11.68x 4.02% 7.27B
Weighted average by Cap. 15.92x 6.60x 11.50x 3.81%

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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