Essential Utilities WTRG Peer Comparison

NYSE WTRG
$41.55 +0.44 (+1.07%)
At close: Sep 2, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT
Peer Comparison

41 Comparable Companies

Industry Water Utilities

Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) is the 14th largest of 41 Water Utilities companies by market capitalisation, at 11.75 Bn, behind Emera Inc at 14.96 Bn. It trades on a P/E of 27.43, 33% above the peer median of 20.68. The table below compares all 41 on 8 financial metrics.

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# Ticker Company match industry_code industry_group industry_group_code Market Capitalization P/E P/S Enterprise Value
1 AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 27.16 Bn 24.08 5.14 26.97 Bn
2 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 11.75 Bn 27.43 4.57 11.74 Bn
3 AWR American States Water Co primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 3.46 Bn 23.59 5.01 3.44 Bn
4 CWT California Water Service Group primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 3.02 Bn 34.43 2.86 2.93 Bn
5 HTO H2O America primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 2.65 Bn 24.78 3.20 2.55 Bn
6 MSEX Middlesex Water Co primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 1.08 Bn 22.58 5.24 1.08 Bn
7 YORW York Water Co primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.54 Bn 28.58 6.49 0.54 Bn
8 CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.46 Bn 31.95 3.62 0.33 Bn
9 ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.37 Bn 27.57 3.16 0.36 Bn
10 PCYO Pure Cycle Corp primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.27 Bn 18.28 7.96 0.26 Bn
11 GWRS Global Water Resources, Inc. primary U-07 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.26 Bn 81.34 4.24 0.25 Bn
12 D Dominion Energy, Inc secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 58.06 Bn 24.43 3.20 57.28 Bn
13 EBBNF Enbridge Inc secondary E-04 Oil and Gas Midstream EG-02 54.51 Bn 13.22 0.90 53.02 Bn
14 XEL Xcel Energy Inc secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 47.14 Bn 21.11 3.23 45.13 Bn
15 WEC Wec Energy Group, Inc. secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 34.46 Bn 20.37 4.50 34.41 Bn
16 AEE Ameren Corp secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 29.29 Bn 18.74 3.35 29.27 Bn
17 ATO Atmos Energy Corp secondary U-06 Regulated Utilities UG-02 28.24 Bn 20.14 5.74 27.72 Bn
18 FTS Fortis Inc. secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 27.74 Bn 22.17 3.10 27.74 Bn
19 YPF Ypf Sociedad Anonima secondary E-01 Oil and Gas Upstream EG-01 21.12 Bn 0.61 1.02 18.64 Bn
20 CMS Cms Energy Corp secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 21.09 Bn 15.57 2.25 20.85 Bn
21 NI Nisource Inc. secondary U-06 Regulated Utilities UG-02 19.71 Bn 21.69 1.70 19.64 Bn
22 LNT Alliant Energy Corp secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 17.38 Bn 21.46 3.98 16.82 Bn
23 EMA Emera Inc secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 14.96 Bn 15.81 2.40 14.30 Bn
24 BIP-PA Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. secondary I-24 Transportation IG-05 11.06 Bn -19.10 0.44 7.55 Bn
25 UGI Ugi Corp /Pa/ secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 8.13 Bn 12.12 1.11 7.66 Bn
26 CIG Energy Co Of Minas Gerais secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 8.05 Bn 16.93 0.00 8.05 Bn
27 NFG National Fuel Gas Co secondary E-02 Oil and Gas Upstream EG-01 7.92 Bn 11.72 3.15 6.68 Bn
28 BKH Black Hills Corp /Sd/ secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 5.52 Bn 19.74 2.40 5.44 Bn
29 NJR New Jersey Resources Corp secondary U-06 Regulated Utilities UG-02 5.41 Bn 15.11 2.43 5.37 Bn
30 OGS ONE Gas, Inc. secondary U-06 Regulated Utilities UG-02 5.03 Bn 17.47 2.18 5.00 Bn
31 PAM Pampa Energy Inc. secondary E-01 Oil and Gas Upstream EG-01 4.68 Bn -0.02 0.00 -1,381.70 Bn
32 NWE NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 4.33 Bn 25.26 2.56 4.32 Bn
33 AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 4.32 Bn 250.97 3.62 4.25 Bn
34 MDU Mdu Resources Group Inc secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 4.15 Bn 21.11 2.27 4.11 Bn
35 DTB Dte Energy Co secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 3.27 Bn 2.48 0.20 3.04 Bn
36 CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corp secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 3.15 Bn 20.99 3.17 3.13 Bn
37 AVA Avista Corp secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 3.09 Bn 17.10 1.61 2.91 Bn
38 MGEE Mge Energy Inc secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 2.87 Bn 48.00 4.77 2.85 Bn
39 UTL Unitil Corp secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.96 Bn 17.02 1.61 0.95 Bn
40 RGCO Rgc Resources Inc secondary U-06 Regulated Utilities UG-02 0.22 Bn 15.95 2.08 0.22 Bn
41 QWTR Quest Water Global, Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.01 Bn 10.17 — 0.01 Bn