WTRG (Essential Utilities) Quality Rank

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WTRG Essential Utilities Inc WTRG
76 GF Score
Price $40.35
GF Value $42.02
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 7 Warning Signs
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What is Essential Utilities Quality Rank?

The Quality Rank measures the business quality of a company relative to other companies. It is ranked based on the strength of the balance sheet, as well as the profitability and growth of the business. The ranked companies are split in equal numbers and then ranked from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest.

The rank of balance sheet (30%)

The rank of balance sheet is done through the ranking of:
  • Interest coverage
  • Zscore
  • Debt to revenue
  • Equity to asset
  • Cash to debt

The rank of Profitability (70%)

The ranking of Profitability is done by ranking:
  • Operating margin mean rank (10-year mean average profit margine)
  • Operating margin growth rank
  • Fscore
  • Predictability rank
  • Revenue growth rank (5 year), when the growth is higher than 25%, set it as 25%
  • Num of year profit (number of years that is profitable within the last 10 years)
  • ROIC median (10-year median of ROIC)

Essential Utilities Quality Rank Related Terms

WTRG
76GF Score
Essential Utilities Inc WTRG
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Is Essential Utilities (WTRG) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Essential Utilities stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $40.35 is trading 4% below its estimated GF Value™ of $42.02. GuruFocus considers Essential Utilities to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for WTRG:

  • Quality Rank:
  • GF Value™: $42.02 vs. price of $40.35 (4% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 76/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the WTRG stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Essential Utilities Business Description

Other Exchanges A2A:Germany
Address 762 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA, 19010-3489
Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for US water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Its largest service territory is in Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 740,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. It completed the sale of its West Virginia gas utility and the bulk of its nonregulated assets in 2024. Essential shareholders would own a 31% stake in American Water Works if the proposed all-stock merger closes in 2027.
76GF Score

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$40.35
Price
$42.02
GF Value