Profitability
Weight: 20%
C
54
- 5yr Avg ROIC 5.1%
- Operating Margin Trend +1.77 pp/yr
WTRG
Essential Utilities, Inc.
AlphaQuality composite grade, weighted for stable earnings power businesses.
Capital Efficiency
Weight: 15%
D+
42
- 5yr Avg ROE 7.6%
- 5yr Share-Count CAGR 2.1%
Growth Quality
Weight: 15%
B
71
- 5yr Revenue CAGR 7.1%
- 5yr EPS CAGR 7.1%
- 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 0.93
Stability
Weight: 15%
B-
66
- EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.29
- Piotroski F-Score 6
- Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5
Guru Flow
Curated superinvestor sentiment — not part of the AlphaQuality grade.5 of 5 gurus held; 2 new buys; 2 added; 1 trimmed.
- Holders
- 5 +3
- Avg Δ position
- -0.1%
- New buys
- 2
- Full exits
- 0
- Cooperman new
- Laffont new
- Greenblatt decreased -3%