WTRG Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

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 $45.70, signalling upside risk potential of 25.69%. On the other hand American States Water has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 9%. 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 0.850, which suggesting that the stock is 15.003% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison American States Water has a beta of 0.513, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 48.723%.

Essential Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.48%. American States Water offers a yield of 2.25% 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 18.18x while American States Water's PE ratio is 26.86x. 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 5.08x versus 5.14x for American States Water. 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 $45.70, signalling upside risk potential of 25.69%. On the other hand California Water Service Group has an analysts' consensus of $57.00 which suggests that it could grow by 23.91%. 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 0.850, which suggesting that the stock is 15.003% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison California Water Service Group has a beta of 0.497, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 50.323%.

Essential Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.48%. California Water Service Group offers a yield of 2.44% 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 18.18x while California Water Service Group's PE ratio is 13.26x. 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 5.08x versus 2.60x for California Water Service Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Middlesex Water has a net margin of 15.95% compared to Essential Utilities's net margin of 25.99%. Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.03% beat Middlesex Water's return on equity of 9.58%.

Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $45.70, signalling upside risk potential of 25.69%. On the other hand Middlesex Water has an analysts' consensus of $63.00 which suggests that it could grow by 14.52%. Given that Essential Utilities has higher upside potential than Middlesex Water, analysts believe Essential Utilities is more attractive than Middlesex Water.

Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.850, which suggesting that the stock is 15.003% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Middlesex Water has a beta of 0.815, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 18.466%.

Essential Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.48%. Middlesex Water offers a yield of 2.4% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share. Essential Utilities pays 63.59% of its earnings as a dividend. Middlesex Water pays out 71.57% 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 Middlesex Water quarterly revenues of $55.1M. Essential Utilities's net income of $69.4M is higher than Middlesex Water's net income of $14.3M. Notably, Essential Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.18x while Middlesex Water's PE ratio is 23.79x. 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 5.08x versus 5.35x for Middlesex Water. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

SJW Group has a net margin of 15.95% compared to Essential Utilities's net margin of 17.17%. Essential Utilities's return on equity of 9.03% beat SJW Group's return on equity of 7.14%.

Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $45.70, signalling upside risk potential of 25.69%. On the other hand SJW Group has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 28.21%. Given that SJW Group has higher upside potential than Essential Utilities, analysts believe SJW Group is more attractive than Essential Utilities.

Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.850, which suggesting that the stock is 15.003% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison SJW Group has a beta of 0.625, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 37.491%.

Essential Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.48%. SJW Group offers a yield of 3.19% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share. Essential Utilities pays 63.59% of its earnings as a dividend. SJW Group pays out 56.37% 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 SJW Group quarterly revenues of $225.1M. Essential Utilities's net income of $69.4M is higher than SJW Group's net income of $38.7M. Notably, Essential Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.18x while SJW Group's PE ratio is 18.18x. 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 5.08x versus 2.25x for SJW Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.