Profitability
Weight: 20%
C
56
- 5yr Avg ROIC 5.8%
- Operating Margin Trend +1.77 pp/yr
WTRG
Essential Utilities, Inc.
AlphaQuality composite grade, weighted for stable earnings power businesses.
Capital Efficiency
Weight: 15%
C-
47
- 5yr Avg ROE 8.8%
- 5yr Share-Count CAGR 2.0%
Growth Quality
Weight: 15%
A-
84
- 5yr Revenue CAGR 11.1%
- 5yr EPS CAGR 14.5%
- Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5
Cash Generation
Weight: 15%
F
0
- 5yr FCF Margin -19.4%
- 5yr FCF/NI Conversion -0.80x
Balance Sheet
Weight: 20%
F
20
- Net Debt / EBITDA 6.08x
- Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 2.88x
- Altman Z-Score 0.97
Stability
Weight: 15%
B-
66
- EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.29
- Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5
- Piotroski F-Score 6
Guru Flow
Curated superinvestor sentiment — not part of the AlphaQuality grade.5 of 5 gurus held; 3 added; 1 trimmed.
- Holders
- 5
- Avg Δ position
- +23.0%
- New buys
- 0
- Full exits
- 0
- Wood increased +105%
- Greenblatt increased +58%
- Cooperman decreased -51%