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Essential Utilities PE ratio WTRG

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
22.0×
10-year median
25.6×
Against its 10-year history
32nd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
15.5× to 76.7×
Peer median
22.5×

Essential Utilities' PE ratio is 22.0× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $43.11 against $1.96 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 25.6×, lower than on 68% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 15.5× in Feb 2026 to 76.7× in Feb 2020.

The median for 4 water utilities of a similar size is 22.5×.

PE ratio 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 far22.0×15.5×22.0×
202516.0×15.7×18.8×
202418.2×17.5×21.3×
202320.8×18.7×27.6×
202227.0×23.5×31.8×
202132.7×27.7×49.2×
202047.8×34.1×76.7×
201966.8×23.9×66.8×
201824.2×23.6×28.4×
201729.5×23.6×29.5×
201625.2×21.5×30.7×
201522.1×18.2×22.6×
201421.5×17.7×21.5×
201318.3×17.7×24.7×
201221.5×20.6×24.9×
201122.1×20.5×23.5×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPE ratio
WTRGEssential Utilities22.0×
AWKAmerican Water Works24.7×
AWRAmerican States Water23.4×
CWTCalifornia Water Service21.6×
HTOH2O America20.8×
Peer median22.5×

Where Essential Utilities 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 . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.