H2O America PE ratio HTO

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 20.8×
10-year median: 24.2×
Against its 10-year history: 32nd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 14.2× to 102×
Peer median: 21.6×

H2O America's PE ratio is 20.8× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $58.90 against $2.83 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 24.2×, lower than on 68% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 14.2× in Nov 2025 to 102× in Aug 2020.

The median for 8 water utilities of a similar size is 21.6×.

PE ratio over time

median 24.2×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	20.8×	15.6×	22.7×
2025	15.5×	14.2×	19.5×
2024	17.9×	17.9×	22.7×
2023	20.6×	19.5×	42.0×
2022	42.3×	27.8×	42.3×
2021	38.9×	27.9×	46.7×
2020	46.6×	44.0×	102×
2019	51.5×	24.9×	51.8×
2018	24.0×	18.2×	28.2×
2017	23.7×	18.0×	24.9×
2016	20.8×	17.9×	26.3×
2015	22.3×	10.1×	22.8×
2014	13.1×	12.0×	30.4×
2013	25.1×	20.3×	25.1×
2012	21.5×	19.0×	22.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Water nearest H2O America's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
HTOH2O America	20.8×
CWTCalifornia Water Service	21.6×
AWRAmerican States Water	23.4×
MSEXMiddlesex Water	21.6×
YORWYork Water	19.8×
WTRGEssential Utilities	22.0×
CWCOConsolidated Water	28.1×
ARTNAArtesian Resources	14.9×
PCYOPure Cycle	17.7×
Peer median	21.6×

Where H2O America ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.