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Essential Utilities (STU:A2A) Shiller PE Ratio : 22.08 (As of May. 28, 2024)


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What is Essential Utilities Shiller PE Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-28), Essential Utilities's current share price is €34.01. Essential Utilities's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.54. Essential Utilities's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 22.08.

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

STU:A2A' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 20.33   Med: 31.82   Max: 44.77
Current: 22.03

During the past years, Essential Utilities's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 44.77. The lowest was 20.33. And the median was 31.82.

STU:A2A's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked worse than
71.32% of 387 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 15.87 vs STU:A2A: 22.03

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.

Essential Utilities's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.892. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is €1.54 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


Essential Utilities Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Utilities's Shiller PE 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 Shiller PE Ratio Chart

Essential Utilities Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Shiller PE Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 39.18 38.16 38.47 31.39 23.41

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Shiller PE 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 27.55 25.00 21.55 23.41 21.92

Competitive Comparison of Essential Utilities's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Essential Utilities's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE 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 Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Essential Utilities's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.



Essential Utilities Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Essential Utilities's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=34.01/1.54
=22.08

* 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 E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.892/131.7762*131.7762
=0.892

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201406 0.228 100.560 0.299
201409 0.295 100.428 0.387
201412 0.308 99.070 0.410
201503 0.249 99.621 0.329
201506 0.285 100.684 0.373
201509 0.339 100.392 0.445
201512 0.147 99.792 0.194
201603 0.260 100.470 0.341
201606 0.294 101.688 0.381
201609 0.365 101.861 0.472
201612 0.265 101.863 0.343
201703 0.262 102.862 0.336
201706 0.303 103.349 0.386
201709 0.361 104.136 0.457
201712 0.253 104.011 0.321
201803 0.235 105.290 0.294
201806 0.317 106.317 0.393
201809 0.377 106.507 0.466
201812 -0.018 105.998 -0.022
201903 0.080 107.251 0.098
201906 0.221 108.070 0.269
201909 0.345 108.329 0.420
201912 0.252 108.420 0.306
202003 0.181 108.902 0.219
202006 0.258 108.767 0.313
202009 0.187 109.815 0.224
202012 0.329 109.897 0.395
202103 0.605 111.754 0.713
202106 0.266 114.631 0.306
202109 0.162 115.734 0.184
202112 0.389 117.630 0.436
202203 0.690 121.301 0.750
202206 0.293 125.017 0.309
202209 0.263 125.227 0.277
202212 0.415 125.222 0.437
202303 0.672 127.348 0.695
202306 0.314 128.729 0.321
202309 0.281 129.860 0.285
202312 0.458 129.419 0.466
202403 0.892 131.776 0.892

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

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  (STU:A2A) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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Essential Utilities (STU:A2A) Business Description

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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.

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