Essential Utilities (WTRG) Price to Book (2009 - 2026)
Essential Utilities' (WTRG) Price to Book came in at 1.55 for Q2 2026, down 0.1% from 1.55 a year earlier and down 6.5% from the prior quarter.
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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Price to Book (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Essential Utilities' Price to Book stood at 1.58, down 1.7% from FY2024.
- Annual Price to Book has declined for four consecutive years.
- In prior years, Essential Utilities' Price to Book was 1.61 in FY2024 (-7.0%), 1.73 in FY2023 (-26.0%), 2.34 in FY2022 (-10.6%) and 2.62 in FY2021 (+5.7%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Price to Book in data going back to Q4 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Book has declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 1.3% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to Book in the past five years was Q3 2024, with growth of 8.2%; the weakest was Q4 2023, with a decline of 26.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to Book for the three prior quarters was 1.66 (Q1 2026), 1.58 (Q4 2025) and 1.66 (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 287.73 Bn | 287.73 Bn | 890.00 Mn |
| 2 | Nextera Energy | 160.25 Bn | 161.15 Bn | - |
| 3 | Southern | 96.31 Bn | 87.36 Bn | 5.92 Bn |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 88.79 Bn | 87.40 Bn | 6.74 Bn |
| 5 | National Grid | 79.16 Bn | 60.69 Bn | - |
| 6 | American Electric Power | 65.09 Bn | 63.47 Bn | 3.84 Bn |
| 7 | Dominion Energy | 53.95 Bn | 56.63 Bn | - |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.22 Bn | 50.35 Bn | 2.89 Bn |
| 9 | Entergy | 47.09 Bn | 36.28 Bn | - |
| 10 | Essential Utilities | 11.17 Bn | 11.04 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.55 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.66 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.58 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.66 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.55 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.72 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.61 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.71 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.66 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.67 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.73 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.58 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.88 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.09 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.34 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.03 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.25 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.47 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.62 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.27 |
API Access
Essential Utilities Price to Book API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-book&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-book", "ticker": "WTRG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-book&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();