Essential Utilities (WTRG) Price to Earnings (2010 - 2026)
Essential Utilities' (WTRG) Price to Earnings came in at 19.59 for Q2 2026, up 21.5% from 16.13 a year earlier but down 4.5% from the prior quarter.
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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Price to Earnings (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Essential Utilities' Price to Earnings stood at 17.62, up 5.1% from FY2024.
- In prior years, Essential Utilities' Price to Earnings was 16.77 in FY2024 (-18.2%), 20.49 in FY2023 (-24.3%), 27.06 in FY2022 (-14.0%) and 31.46 in FY2021 (-22.8%).
- Quarterly Price to Earnings has run from a low of 16.13 in Q2 2025 to a high of 31.46 in Q4 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Earnings has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average decline of 0.3% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings in the past five years was Q2 2026, with growth of 21.5%; the weakest was Q3 2021, with a decline of 30.4%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to Earnings for the three prior quarters was 20.51 (Q1 2026), 17.62 (Q4 2025) and 16.89 (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 | 19.59 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 20.51 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 17.62 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.89 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.13 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 18.07 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.77 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.40 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 18.35 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.70 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.49 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.63 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.64 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 25.24 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 27.06 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 23.25 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 26.79 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 29.00 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 31.46 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 27.87 |
API Access
Essential Utilities Price to Earnings 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-earnings&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "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-earnings&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();