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Essential Utilities (Essential Utilities) EPS (Diluted) : $1.86 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Essential Utilities EPS (Diluted)?

Essential Utilities's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.50. Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.86.

Essential Utilities's EPS (Basic) for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.50. Its EPS (Basic) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.87.

Essential Utilities's EPS without NRI for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.49. Its EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.81.

During the past 12 months, Essential Utilities's average EPS without NRIGrowth Rate was 6.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average EPS without NRIGrowth Rate was 18.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average EPS without NRI Growth Rate was 10.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average EPS without NRI Growth Rate was 4.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the EPS without NRI Growth Rate using EPS without NRI data.

During the past 13 years, Essential Utilities's highest 3-Year average EPS without NRI Growth Rate was 20.90% per year. The lowest was -5.70% per year. And the median was 6.30% per year.


Essential Utilities EPS (Diluted) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Utilities's EPS (Diluted) 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 EPS (Diluted) Chart

Essential Utilities Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
EPS (Diluted)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.04 1.12 1.67 1.77 1.86

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
EPS (Diluted) 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 0.44 0.72 0.34 0.30 0.50

Competitive Comparison of Essential Utilities's EPS (Diluted)

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Essential Utilities's PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PE 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 PE Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Essential Utilities's PE Ratio falls into.



Essential Utilities EPS (Diluted) Calculation

EPS (Diluted) is a rough measurement of the amount of a company's profit that can be allocated to one share of its stock. Diluted EPS takes into account all of the outstanding dilutive securities that could potentially be exercised (such as stock options and convertible preferred stock) and shows how such an action would impact earnings per share.

Essential Utilities's Diluted EPS for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Diluted EPS (A: Dec. 2023 ) = (Net Income - Preferred Dividends) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(498.226-0)/267.659
=1.86

Essential Utilities's Diluted EPS for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Diluted EPS (Q: Dec. 2023 )=(Net Income - Preferred Dividends) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(135.448-0)/273.572
=0.50

EPS (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.86

* 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  (NYSE:WTRG) EPS (Diluted) Explanation

EPS is the single most important variable used by Wall Street in determining the earnings power of a company. But investors need to be aware that Earnings per Share can be easily manipulated by adjusting depreciation and amortization rate or non-recurring items. That's why GuruFocus lists EPS without NRI, which better reflects the company's underlying performance.


Be Aware

Compared with Earnings per share, a company's cash flow is better indicator of the company's earnings power.

If a company's earnings per share is less than cash flow per share over long term, investors need to be cautious and find out why.


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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