Essential Utilities price to free cash flow WTRG

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: n/m; not a meaningful number
Last meaningful: 459×; Apr 2017
Peer median: 163×

Essential Utilities' price to free cash flow is not a meaningful number today: free cash flow over the last twelve months was zero, negative or not reported.

It was last meaningful in Apr 2017, at 459×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2017	459×	428×	461×
2016	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2015	255×	91.7×	255×
2014	95.2×	50.5×	95.2×
2013	52.3×	50.6×	227×
2012	189×	82.4×	375×
2011	367×	349×	373×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
WTRGEssential Utilities	n/m
AWKAmerican Water Works	n/m
AWRAmerican States Water	163×
CWTCalifornia Water Service	n/m
HTOH2O America	n/m
Peer median	163×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.