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Essential Utilities EV/EBIT WTRG

Enterprise value divided by operating profit over the last twelve months, one-off items taken out, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
22.7×
10-year median
25.9×
Against its 10-year history
18th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
20.0× to 46.2×
Peer median
23.3×

Essential Utilities' EV/EBIT is 22.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 25.9×, lower than on 82% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 20.0× in Sep 2025 to 46.2× in Jul 2020.

The median for 4 water utilities of a similar size is 23.3×.

EV/EBIT over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far22.7×20.0×22.7×
202520.4×20.0×24.7×
202424.5×23.5×26.4×
202324.5×22.9×30.3×
202229.8×27.5×32.7×
202132.3×28.5×44.7×
202043.8×26.3×46.2×
201935.0×24.6×36.3×
201824.8×23.6×27.1×
201727.5×21.5×27.5×
201621.7×21.2×24.9×
201521.9×18.9×22.3×
201420.6×18.3×20.7×
201318.8×16.7×19.6×
201216.2×15.9×18.4×
201116.3×15.7×17.5×

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Water nearest Essential Utilities' size, closest first, today.

CompanyEV/EBIT
WTRGEssential Utilities22.7×
AWKAmerican Water Works22.6×
AWRAmerican States Water18.4×
CWTCalifornia Water Service24.9×
HTOH2O America23.9×
Peer median23.3×

Where Essential Utilities ranks

What the EV/EBIT tells you

What the whole business costs against its operating profit. Enterprise value is the market value plus borrowings and minority interests, less cash. EBIT is operating profit before interest and tax, with one-offs taken out. Unlike PE it is not moved by how a company is financed.

Leases are left out of debt for every company. Banks earn on their balance sheet, so EV/EBIT does not describe them.

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