Essential Utilities and American Water announced they reached a regulatory settlement in Pennsylvania that is critical to close their $63 billion merger on management's initial timeline in early 2027.
Constructive regulation allows Essential to raise rates through surcharges or base rates to reduce regulatory lag and enhance cash flow available for the dividend and growth investments.
Essential Utilities paid a peak market price for Peoples, which will drag on consolidated returns for several more years.
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Metric
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WTRG
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AWK
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NI
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 19.24 | 22.16 | 20.58 |
Price/Book Value | 1.56 | 2.18 | 1.98 |
Price/Sales | 4.27 | 4.73 | 2.75 |
Price/Cash Flow | 10.20 | 10.35 | 7.53 |
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Metric
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WTRG
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AWK
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NI
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Quick Ratio | 0.52 | 0.38 | 0.22 |
Current Ratio | 0.78 | 0.52 | 0.50 |
Interest Coverage | 2.69 | 3.12 | 2.45 |
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Metric
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WTRG
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AWK
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NI
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Return on Assets (Normalized) | 2.80% | 3.21% | 2.65% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 7.89% | 10.23% | 10.11% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 5.74% | 5.96% | 5.72% |
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