Stock Research: Aqua America

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Aqua America

NYSE:WTR US29670G1022
74
  • Value
    66
  • Growth
    29
  • Safety
    Safety
    47
  • Combined
    38
  • Sentiment
    99
  • 360° View
    360° View
    74
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Company Description

Essential Utilities, Inc. is a holding company for regulated utilities. The company operates in the water, wastewater, and natural gas industries under the Aqua and Peoples brands. It provides services in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $10,504 million, a revenue of $2,086 million, and 3291 employees. The profit was not available.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 74 (better than 74% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Aqua America are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Aqua America. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 99, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 99% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 66 or better than 66% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 47, meaning that the share price of Aqua America is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 29. ...read more

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Employee Focus US
Water Tech
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
47 45 24 13
Growth
29 85 55 85
Safety
Safety
66 66 79 67
Sentiment
99 93 56 90
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360° View
74 96 60 83
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
90 93 85 82
Opinions Change
82 67 50 26
Pro Holdings
n/a 91 56 65
Market Pulse
64 50 49 80
Sentiment
99 93 56 90
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
47 45 24 13
Growth
29 85 55 85
Safety Safety
66 66 79 67
Combined
38 88 60 75
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
55 57 25 15
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
10 13 13 10
Price vs. Book (P/B)
56 61 44 23
Dividend Yield
61 53 34 25
Value
47 45 24 13
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
55 92 76 93
Profit Growth
14 83 67 48
Capital Growth
65 75 77 57
Stock Returns
29 21 11 33
Growth
29 85 55 85
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
62 69 60 62
Refinancing
64 55 53 65
Liquidity
62 60 58 48
Safety Safety
66 66 79 67

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