Essential Utilities price to book ratio WTRG

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 1.7×
10-year median: 2.3×
Against its 10-year history: 27th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 1.5× to 4.5×
Peer median: 2.0×

Essential Utilities' price to book ratio is 1.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 2.3×, lower than on 73% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.5× in Jan 2025 to 4.5× in Jun 2019.

The median for 4 water utilities of a similar size is 2.0×.

Price to book ratio over time

median 2.3×

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	1.7×	1.5×	1.7×
2025	1.6×	1.5×	1.8×
2024	1.6×	1.6×	1.9×
2023	1.7×	1.6×	2.4×
2022	2.3×	2.0×	2.6×
2021	2.6×	2.2×	2.6×
2020	2.5×	2.0×	3.0×
2019	2.6×	2.4×	4.5×
2018	2.9×	2.9×	3.5×
2017	3.6×	2.9×	3.6×
2016	2.9×	2.8×	3.6×
2015	3.0×	2.6×	3.1×
2014	2.9×	2.6×	3.0×
2013	2.8×	2.7×	3.4×
2012	2.7×	2.4×	2.9×
2011	2.5×	2.4×	2.8×
2010	2.7×	2.3×	2.7×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to book ratio
WTRGEssential Utilities	1.7×
AWKAmerican Water Works	2.4×
AWRAmerican States Water	3.0×
CWTCalifornia Water Service	1.6×
HTOH2O America	1.3×
Peer median	2.0×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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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.