Question 1

Which is bigger, NEE or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

NextEra Energy, Inc. is the larger company — market cap $161B vs $11.1B for Essential Utilities, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, NEE or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

NEE keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 32.4% vs 21.6% for WTRG.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, NEE or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, NEE trades at a lower P/E — 17.4 vs 19.8 for WTRG. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, NEE or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

WTRG yields 3.52% vs 3.06% for NEE.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — NEE or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, NEE leads 7 of 11 comparable metrics and WTRG leads 4. StockCV rates NEE “Strained” and WTRG “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	NEE	WTRG
Price	$77.35	$38.98
Market cap	$161B	$11.1B
Revenue (TTM)	$28.7B	$2.57B
Revenue growth	+9.4%	+2.6%
Net margin	32.4%	21.6%
Free cash flow	-$16.6B	-$452M
Net cash (debt)	($88.7B)	($8.08B)
1-year price return	-7.6%	-3.7%
P/E	17.4	19.8
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	86%	53%
Dividend yield	3.06%	3.52%
Return on equity	17%	8%
Altman Z-score	—	0.83
CV checks passed	8 of 11	7 of 11
Employees	17,400	3,303

NextEra Energy, Inc. vs Essential Utilities, Inc.