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Essential Utilities Inc is a large cap company (market value between $10 billion and $200 billion) in the Utilities - Regulated Water industry.
Essential Utilities holds regulated water, wastewater, and natural gas utilities operating across nine states under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers through its water and natural gas segments, with additional market-based operations providing utility service line protection and gas marketing activities.
From its FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K)
Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Essential Utilities Inc stock.
Undervalued: intrinsic value $76.37 per share, market price $40.98, margin of safety 46.3% (as of 2026-10-20).
Discounting its cash flows at 7.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $76.37; the price of $40.98 is 46% below that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score: 69/100 on 11 of 12 signals (Faint Leak).
17 more funds hold it; the full list is part of the paid plan.
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WTRG is undervalued (as of the 2026-10-20 close). Discounting its cash flows at 7.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $76.37; the price of $40.98 is 46% below that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.
$76.37 per share (as of the 2026-10-20 close), against a market price of $40.98. That is a margin of safety of 46.3%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.
69 out of 100, which we rate "Faint Leak", on 11 of 12 value investing signals.