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Essential Utilities (Essential Utilities) Median PS Value : $52.79 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Essential Utilities Median PS Value?

This valuation method assumes that the stock valuation will revert to its historical (10-Year) mean in terms of PS Ratio. The reason we use PS Ratio instead of PE Ratio or PB Ratio is because PS Ratio is independent of profit margin, and can be applied to a broader range of situations.

Median PS Value is calculated as trailing twelve months (TTM) Revenue per Share times 10-Year median PS Ratio. Essential Utilities's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.684. Essential Utilities's 10-Year median PS Ratio is 6.8701. Therefore, the Median PS Value for today is $52.79.

As of today (2024-04-25), Essential Utilities's share price is $36.57. Essential Utilities's Median PS Value is $52.79. Therefore, Essential Utilities's Price to Median PS Value for today is 0.69.

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

WTRG' s Price-to-Median-PS-Value Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.68   Med: 1.27   Max: 1.9
Current: 0.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Median PS Value of Essential Utilities was 1.90. The lowest was 0.68. And the median was 1.27.

WTRG's Price-to-Median-PS-Value is ranked better than
68.7% of 361 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 0.84 vs WTRG: 0.69

Essential Utilities Median PS Value Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Utilities's Median PS Value 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 Median PS Value Chart

Essential Utilities Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Median PS Value
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.70 37.15 49.93 59.78 52.79

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Median PS Value 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 59.78 60.32 59.91 59.12 52.79

Competitive Comparison of Essential Utilities's Median PS Value

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Essential Utilities's Price-to-Median-PS-Value, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Median-PS-Value 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 Price-to-Median-PS-Value Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Essential Utilities's Price-to-Median-PS-Value distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Essential Utilities's Price-to-Median-PS-Value falls into.



Essential Utilities Median PS Value Calculation

Essential Utilities's Median PS Value for today is calculated as

Median PS Value=Revenue per Share (TTM)*10-Year Median PS Ratio
=7.684*6.8701
=52.79

10-Year Median PS Ratio is 6.8701.
Essential Utilities's Revenue per Share 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 $7.684.

* 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) Median PS Value Explanation

This valuation method assumes that the stock valuation will revert to its historical (10-Year) mean in terms of PS Ratio. The reason we use PS Ratio instead of PE Ratio or PB Ratio is because PS Ratio is independent of profit margin, and can be applied to a broader range of situations.

It also assumes that over time the profit margin is constant. If a company increases its profit margin to a sustainable level, this value might under-estimate its value. If it has permanent declined profit margins, this may over-estimate the company's value.

Essential Utilities's Price to Median PS Value for today is calculated as

Price to Median PS Value=Share Price/Median PS Value
=36.57/52.79
=0.69

* 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 (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