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Essential Utilities (Essential Utilities) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.10 (As of May. 28, 2024)


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What is Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-28), Essential Utilities's current share price is $37.23. Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $17.72. Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.10.

The historical rank and industry rank for Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WTRG' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.94   Med: 3.74   Max: 5.19
Current: 2.1

During the past years, Essential Utilities's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.19. The lowest was 1.94. And the median was 3.74.

WTRG's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
67.71% of 449 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.42 vs WTRG: 2.10

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Essential Utilities's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $22.233. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $17.72 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Essential Utilities Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.53 4.07 3.95 3.06 2.18

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.71 2.41 2.03 2.18 2.09

Competitive Comparison of Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=37.23/17.72
=2.10

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Essential Utilities's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=22.233/131.7762*131.7762
=22.233

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 8.952 100.560 11.731
201409 9.141 100.428 11.994
201412 9.365 99.070 12.457
201503 9.467 99.621 12.523
201506 9.623 100.684 12.595
201509 9.791 100.392 12.852
201512 9.776 99.792 12.909
201603 9.933 100.470 13.028
201606 10.101 101.688 13.090
201609 10.331 101.861 13.365
201612 10.429 101.863 13.492
201703 10.515 102.862 13.471
201706 10.676 103.349 13.613
201709 10.908 104.136 13.803
201712 11.016 104.011 13.957
201803 11.086 105.290 13.875
201806 11.266 106.317 13.964
201809 11.497 106.507 14.225
201812 11.283 105.998 14.027
201903 11.171 107.251 13.726
201906 17.726 108.070 21.614
201909 17.896 108.329 21.769
201912 17.580 108.420 21.367
202003 18.826 108.902 22.780
202006 18.909 108.767 22.909
202009 18.901 109.815 22.681
202012 19.087 109.897 22.887
202103 19.584 111.754 23.093
202106 19.681 114.631 22.625
202109 20.289 115.734 23.101
202112 20.503 117.630 22.969
202203 20.769 121.301 22.563
202206 20.376 125.017 21.478
202209 20.371 125.227 21.436
202212 20.389 125.222 21.456
202303 20.864 127.348 21.590
202306 21.227 128.729 21.730
202309 21.681 129.860 22.001
202312 21.574 129.419 21.967
202403 22.233 131.776 22.233

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Essential Utilities  (NYSE:WTRG) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Essential Utilities (Essential Utilities) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
762 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA, 19010-3489
Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for U.S. water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Nearly three fourths of its water earnings come from Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 700,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Essential exited its noncore competitive water and energy services businesses.
Executives
Roderick K West director 1600 PERDIDO STREET, BLDG 505, NEW ORLEANS LA 70112
Arnold Colleen officer: President 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Chris Franklin officer: Aqua America Southern Oper 762 W.LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Michael Huwar officer: President 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Ellen T Ruff director 762, W LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Wilbert Bryan Lewis director 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Robert A Rubin officer: Chief Accounting Officer 762 W LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Daniel Schuller officer: Executive Vice President 40 SACHEM ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
David Alan Ciesinski director H. J. HEINZ COMPANY, P.O. BOX 57, PITTSBURGH PA 15230
Edwina Kelly director 510 MADISON AVENUE, 15FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Richard Scott Fox officer: Chief Operating Officer 14812 BALLANTYNE COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Matthew Rhodes officer: EVP, Strategy & Corp Dev 762 LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Wendy Franks director ONE QUEEN STREET EAST, SUITE 2500, TORONTO A6 M5C 2W5
Hilferty Daniel J Iii director C/O FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION III, CIRA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 675, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Christopher Paul Luning officer: Sr. VP, General Counsel & Sec 762 W. LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010