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U.S. Water Utilities Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 01, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies17
  • 7D-3.2%
  • 3M-5.3%
  • 1Y4.5%
  • YTD7.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Water Utilities industry has dropped 3.2%, driven by a pullback from Essential Utilities of 0.5%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 4.5%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 8.1% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.S. Water Utilities Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 02 Jul 2025US$47.8bUS$10.0bUS$2.1b22.6x22.5x4.8x
Fri, 30 May 2025US$48.8bUS$10.0bUS$2.1b23.8x23x4.9x
Sun, 27 Apr 2025US$50.1bUS$9.8bUS$2.1b21x23.5x5.1x
Tue, 25 Mar 2025US$48.6bUS$9.7bUS$2.1b21.1x22.7x5x
Thu, 20 Feb 2025US$44.4bUS$9.4bUS$2.0b21.5x21.9x4.7x
Sat, 18 Jan 2025US$44.5bUS$9.4bUS$2.0b20.6x22x4.7x
Mon, 16 Dec 2024US$47.0bUS$9.4bUS$2.0b23.6x23.2x5x
Wed, 13 Nov 2024US$48.8bUS$9.4bUS$2.0b24.5x24.1x5.2x
Fri, 11 Oct 2024US$48.3bUS$9.2bUS$2.0b22.4x24.5x5.3x
Sun, 08 Sep 2024US$50.0bUS$9.2bUS$2.0b23.8x25.4x5.5x
Tue, 06 Aug 2024US$51.9bUS$9.2bUS$2.0b24.3x26x5.7x
Thu, 04 Jul 2024US$45.1bUS$9.0bUS$2.0b21.9x23x5x
Sat, 01 Jun 2024US$44.8bUS$9.0bUS$2.0b21.7x22.8x5x
Mon, 29 Apr 2024US$43.4bUS$9.1bUS$1.9b21.3x23.1x4.8x
Wed, 27 Mar 2024US$42.7bUS$8.9bUS$1.8b21.9x24.1x4.8x
Fri, 23 Feb 2024US$44.2bUS$9.1bUS$1.7b23x25.4x4.8x
Sun, 21 Jan 2024US$45.8bUS$9.0bUS$1.7b25.5x26.4x5.1x
Tue, 19 Dec 2023US$47.8bUS$9.0bUS$1.7b27.7x27.6x5.3x
Thu, 16 Nov 2023US$47.0bUS$9.1bUS$1.7b27.2x27.1x5.2x
Sat, 14 Oct 2023US$60.8bUS$13.9bUS$2.6b25.5x23.7x4.4x
Mon, 11 Sep 2023US$48.4bUS$8.9bUS$1.7b29.2x28.6x5.4x
Wed, 09 Aug 2023US$51.0bUS$8.9bUS$1.7b31.1x30.1x5.7x
Fri, 07 Jul 2023US$50.5bUS$8.7bUS$1.6b33.8x31.5x5.8x
Sun, 04 Jun 2023US$52.5bUS$8.7bUS$1.6b34.3x32.8x6x
Tue, 02 May 2023US$52.2bUS$8.6bUS$1.6b33.1x32.6x6.1x
Thu, 30 Mar 2023US$51.8bUS$8.5bUS$1.6b32.4x32.3x6.1x
Sat, 25 Feb 2023US$50.3bUS$8.3bUS$1.6b32.5x31.5x6x
Mon, 23 Jan 2023US$52.7bUS$8.3bUS$2.1b35x25.4x6.3x
Wed, 21 Dec 2022US$52.5bUS$8.3bUS$2.1b34.7x25.3x6.3x
Fri, 18 Nov 2022US$51.0bUS$8.3bUS$2.1b33.8x24.6x6.2x
Sun, 16 Oct 2022US$45.2bUS$8.2bUS$2.0b31.9x22.2x5.5x
Tue, 13 Sep 2022US$53.5bUS$8.2bUS$2.0b37.6x26.4x6.5x
Thu, 11 Aug 2022US$54.6bUS$8.2bUS$2.0b38.7x27x6.7x
Sat, 09 Jul 2022US$51.1bUS$8.2bUS$2.0b34.1x25x6.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

25x


Total Market Cap: US$51.1bTotal Earnings: US$2.0bTotal Revenue: US$8.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Water Utilities Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 25.9x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the American Water Utilities industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 22.5x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 25.9x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 5.5x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 4.8x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Water Utilities industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 6.9% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.S. Utilities industry?

US Market2.87%
Utilities0.37%
Water Utilities-3.25%
Water-3.25%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
AWK American Water Works CompanyUS$142.560.3%
+US$74.1m		11.0%PE26x
CWCO Consolidated WaterUS$30.653.5%
+US$16.7m		25.4%PE30.8x
PCYO Pure CycleUS$11.036.5%
+US$16.1m		18.1%PE18.7x
HTO H2O AmericaUS$53.360.9%
+US$15.7m		-2.5%PE18.5x
ARTN.A Artesian ResourcesUS$33.960.4%
+US$1.2m		-7.5%PE16.3x

Latest News

ARTN.A
US$33.96
Artesian Resources
7D
0.4%
1Y
-7.5%
GWRS
US$10.42
Global Water Resources
7D
-1.7%
1Y
-13.7%
AWK
US$142.56
American Water Works Company
7D
0.3%
1Y
11.0%
CWCO
US$30.65
Consolidated Water
7D
3.5%
1Y
25.4%

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Jun 30
PCYO
US$11.03
Pure Cycle
7D
6.5%
1Y
18.1%
CWT
US$46.49
California Water Service Group
7D
-0.3%
1Y
-3.8%
WTRG
US$37.68
Essential Utilities
7D
-0.5%
1Y
1.6%

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Jun 29
We Think Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) Is Taking Some Risk With Its Debt
HTO
US$53.36
H2O America
7D
0.9%
1Y
-2.5%
MSEX
US$56.15
Middlesex Water
7D
-1.2%
1Y
5.2%

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Jun 25
AWR
US$77.99
American States Water
7D
-1.2%
1Y
7.6%

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Jun 24
The Returns At American States Water (NYSE:AWR) Aren't Growing
YORW
US$32.32
York Water
7D
-0.9%
1Y
-13.1%
CDZI
US$2.99
Cadiz
7D
-8.0%
1Y
-2.6%

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Jun 14
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