WTRG Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

American Water Works has a net margin of 15.95% compared to Essential Utilities's net margin of 26.46%. Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.03% beat American Water Works's return on equity of 9.79%.

Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $45.30, signalling upside risk potential of 29.43%. On the other hand American Water Works has an analysts' consensus of $140.33 which suggests that it could grow by 14.45%. Given that Essential Utilities has higher upside potential than American Water Works, analysts believe Essential Utilities is more attractive than American Water Works.

Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.860, which suggesting that the stock is 14.04% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American Water Works has a beta of 0.713, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 28.749%.

Essential Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.62%. American Water Works offers a yield of 2.45% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.77 per share. Essential Utilities pays 63.59% of its earnings as a dividend. American Water Works pays out 56.36% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Essential Utilities quarterly revenues are $435.3M, which are smaller than American Water Works quarterly revenues of $1.3B. Essential Utilities's net income of $69.4M is lower than American Water Works's net income of $350M. Notably, Essential Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.50x while American Water Works's PE ratio is 24.33x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Essential Utilities is 4.89x versus 5.30x for American Water Works. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

American States Water has a net margin of 15.95% compared to Essential Utilities's net margin of 22.15%. Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.03% beat American States Water's return on equity of 13.7%.

Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $45.30, signalling upside risk potential of 29.43%. On the other hand American States Water has an analysts' consensus of $84.33 which suggests that it could grow by 15.6%. Given that Essential Utilities has higher upside potential than American States Water, analysts believe Essential Utilities is more attractive than American States Water.

Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.860, which suggesting that the stock is 14.04% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American States Water has a beta of 0.529, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 47.132%.

Essential Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.62%. American States Water offers a yield of 2.46% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share. Essential Utilities pays 63.59% of its earnings as a dividend. American States Water pays out 48.99% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Essential Utilities quarterly revenues are $435.3M, which are larger than American States Water quarterly revenues of $161.8M. Essential Utilities's net income of $69.4M is higher than American States Water's net income of $35.8M. Notably, Essential Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.50x while American States Water's PE ratio is 24.65x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Essential Utilities is 4.89x versus 4.72x for American States Water. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Cadiz has a net margin of 15.95% compared to Essential Utilities's net margin of -210.7%. Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.03% beat Cadiz's return on equity of -84.84%.

Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $45.30, signalling upside risk potential of 29.43%. On the other hand Cadiz has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 221.54%. Given that Cadiz has higher upside potential than Essential Utilities, analysts believe Cadiz is more attractive than Essential Utilities.

Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.860, which suggesting that the stock is 14.04% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Cadiz has a beta of 0.932, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 6.768%.

Essential Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.62%. Cadiz offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Essential Utilities pays 63.59% of its earnings as a dividend. Cadiz pays out -16.24% of its earnings as a dividend. Essential Utilities's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Essential Utilities quarterly revenues are $435.3M, which are larger than Cadiz quarterly revenues of $3.2M. Essential Utilities's net income of $69.4M is higher than Cadiz's net income of -$6.8M. Notably, Essential Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.50x while Cadiz's PE ratio is --. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Essential Utilities is 4.89x versus 56.72x for Cadiz. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

California Water Service Group has a net margin of 15.95% compared to Essential Utilities's net margin of 20.26%. Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.03% beat California Water Service Group's return on equity of 13.43%.

Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $45.30, signalling upside risk potential of 29.43%. On the other hand California Water Service Group has an analysts' consensus of $56.00 which suggests that it could grow by 29.42%. Given that Essential Utilities has higher upside potential than California Water Service Group, analysts believe Essential Utilities is more attractive than California Water Service Group.

Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.860, which suggesting that the stock is 14.04% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.520, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 47.999%.

Essential Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.62%. California Water Service Group offers a yield of 2.59% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share. Essential Utilities pays 63.59% of its earnings as a dividend. California Water Service Group pays out 113.73% of its earnings as a dividend. Essential Utilities's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but California Water Service Group's is not.

Essential Utilities quarterly revenues are $435.3M, which are larger than California Water Service Group quarterly revenues of $299.6M. Essential Utilities's net income of $69.4M is higher than California Water Service Group's net income of $60.7M. Notably, Essential Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.50x while California Water Service Group's PE ratio is 12.47x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Essential Utilities is 4.89x versus 2.45x for California Water Service Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.