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Essential Utilities (Essential Utilities) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 5.57 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-01), Essential Utilities's current share price is $36.58. Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.57. Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 5.57.

The historical rank and industry rank for Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WTRG' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.03   Med: 7.41   Max: 11.41
Current: 5.55

During the past years, Essential Utilities's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 11.41. The lowest was 5.03. And the median was 7.41.

WTRG's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
94.33% of 441 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.26 vs WTRG: 5.55

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Essential Utilities's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.752. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $6.57 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Essential Utilities Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.96 9.68 9.81 7.76 5.69

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.76 6.82 6.15 5.24 5.69

Competitive Comparison of Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=36.58/6.57
=5.57

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Essential Utilities's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=1.752/129.4194*129.4194
=1.752

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201403 1.027 99.695 1.333
201406 1.097 100.560 1.412
201409 1.183 100.428 1.525
201412 1.079 99.070 1.410
201503 1.070 99.621 1.390
201506 1.157 100.684 1.487
201509 1.245 100.392 1.605
201512 1.113 99.792 1.443
201603 1.083 100.470 1.395
201606 1.145 101.688 1.457
201609 1.274 101.861 1.619
201612 1.105 101.863 1.404
201703 1.055 102.862 1.327
201706 1.143 103.349 1.431
201709 1.207 104.136 1.500
201712 1.140 104.011 1.418
201803 1.090 105.290 1.340
201806 1.188 106.317 1.446
201809 1.268 106.507 1.541
201812 1.152 105.998 1.407
201903 1.126 107.251 1.359
201906 0.996 108.070 1.193
201909 1.048 108.329 1.252
201912 0.971 108.420 1.159
202003 1.002 108.902 1.191
202006 1.511 108.767 1.798
202009 1.366 109.815 1.610
202012 1.863 109.897 2.194
202103 2.289 111.754 2.651
202106 1.554 114.631 1.754
202109 1.395 115.734 1.560
202112 2.041 117.630 2.246
202203 2.665 121.301 2.843
202206 1.709 125.017 1.769
202209 1.654 125.227 1.709
202212 2.676 125.222 2.766
202303 2.744 127.348 2.789
202306 1.649 128.729 1.658
202309 1.539 129.860 1.534
202312 1.752 129.419 1.752

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Essential Utilities  (NYSE:WTRG) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Essential Utilities (Essential Utilities) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
762 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA, 19010-3489
Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for U.S. water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Nearly three fourths of its water earnings come from Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 700,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Essential exited its noncore competitive water and energy services businesses.
Executives
Roderick K West director 1600 PERDIDO STREET, BLDG 505, NEW ORLEANS LA 70112
Arnold Colleen officer: President 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Chris Franklin officer: Aqua America Southern Oper 762 W.LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Michael Huwar officer: President 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Ellen T Ruff director 762, W LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Wilbert Bryan Lewis director 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Robert A Rubin officer: Chief Accounting Officer 762 W LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Daniel Schuller officer: Executive Vice President 40 SACHEM ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
David Alan Ciesinski director H. J. HEINZ COMPANY, P.O. BOX 57, PITTSBURGH PA 15230
Edwina Kelly director 510 MADISON AVENUE, 15FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Richard Scott Fox officer: Chief Operating Officer 14812 BALLANTYNE COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Matthew Rhodes officer: EVP, Strategy & Corp Dev 762 LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Wendy Franks director ONE QUEEN STREET EAST, SUITE 2500, TORONTO A6 M5C 2W5
Hilferty Daniel J Iii director C/O FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION III, CIRA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 675, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Christopher Paul Luning officer: Sr. VP, General Counsel & Sec 762 W. LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010