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WTRG

Essential Utilities Inc

Jul 11 • 04:00PM ET

37.33

Dollar change -0.21
Percentage change -0.56	%

Utilities • Utilities - Regulated Water • USA • NYSE

Peers: AWK AWR CWT PPL HTO MSEX DHR NWG YORW ARTNA

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Index	-	P/E	16.75	EPS (ttm)	2.23	Insider Own	0.25%	Shs Outstand	280.34M	Perf Week	1.50%
Market Cap	10.46B	Forward P/E	16.75	EPS next Y	2.23	Insider Trans	-1.09%	Shs Float	279.65M	Perf Month	-2.43%
Enterprise Value	18.23B	PEG	2.54	EPS next Q	0.29	Inst Own	77.86%	Short Float	1.79%	Perf Quarter	-1.14%
Income	613.33M	P/S	4.64	EPS this Y	6.49%	Inst Trans	-1.90%	Short Ratio	3.03	Perf Half Y	5.84%
Sales	2.26B	P/B	1.60	EPS next Y	6.21%	ROA	3.47%	Short Interest	4.99M	Perf YTD	2.78%
Book/sh	23.35	P/C	503.61	EPS next 5Y	6.60%	ROE	9.78%	52W High	41.78 -10.65%	Perf Year	0.35%
Cash/sh	0.07	P/FCF	-	EPS past 3/5Y	9.07% 15.84%	ROIC	4.38%	52W Low	33.18 12.51%	Perf 3Y	-20.06%
Dividend Est.	1.34 (3.58%)	EV/EBITDA	14.64	Sales past 3/5Y	3.56% 18.58%	Gross Margin	42.45%	Volatility	1.53% 1.84%	Perf 5Y	-14.54%
Dividend TTM	1.30 (3.49%)	EV/Sales	8.07	EPS Y/Y TTM	5.65%	Oper. Margin	38.35%	ATR (14)	0.69	Perf 10Y	48.96%
Dividend Ex-Date	May 13, 2025	Quick Ratio	0.57	Sales Y/Y TTM	16.41%	Profit Margin	27.17%	RSI (14)	46.73	Recom	1.55
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	6.89% 6.89%	Current Ratio	0.65	EPS Q/Q	6.03%	SMA20	-0.10%	Beta	0.76	Target Price	45.50
Payout	58.32%	Debt/Eq	1.20	Sales Q/Q	28.03%	SMA50	-2.66%	Rel Volume	0.85	Prev Close	37.54
Employees	3291	LT Debt/Eq	1.17	Earnings	May 12 BMO	SMA200	-2.14%	Avg Volume	1.65M	Price	37.33
IPO	Jul 26, 1971	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	28.22% 11.64%	Trades		Volume	1,400,227	Change	-0.56%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Jan-28-25	Upgrade	Jefferies	Hold → Buy	$41
Jan-07-25	Downgrade	Wells Fargo	Overweight → Equal Weight	$43 → $39
Nov-07-24	Downgrade	Jefferies	Buy → Hold	$44 → $41
Oct-07-24	Initiated	Jefferies	Buy	$44
Sep-20-24	Resumed	BofA Securities	Buy	$45
Nov-03-23	Upgrade	Edward Jones	Hold → Buy
Sep-28-23	Upgrade	Northcoast	Neutral → Buy	$42
May-18-23	Downgrade	Northcoast	Buy → Neutral
Feb-06-23	Upgrade	UBS	Neutral → Buy	$54 → $55
Sep-09-22	Downgrade	BofA Securities	Buy → Neutral	$52
Aug-18-22	Upgrade	HSBC Securities	Hold → Buy	$53 → $57
Apr-08-22	Downgrade	HSBC Securities	Buy → Hold	$53
Mar-10-22	Upgrade	Evercore ISI	In-line → Outperform	$52 → $53
Dec-08-21	Upgrade	Barclays	Equal Weight → Overweight	$50 → $56
Sep-14-20	Upgrade	Wells Fargo	Equal Weight → Overweight	$45
Aug-10-20	Upgrade	BofA Securities	Neutral → Buy
Jul-15-20	Initiated	Barclays	Equal Weight	$45
May-20-20	Initiated	Seaport Global Securities	Neutral
Apr-24-20	Initiated	RBC Capital Mkts	Outperform	$49
Apr-16-20	Initiated	Goldman	Neutral	$45

Show Previous Ratings

Jul-04-25 09:36AM	Essential Utilities Rides on Investments & Expanding Customer Base (Zacks)
Jul-03-25 08:00AM	How Essential Utilities, Idacorp, And First Merchants Can Put Cash In Your Pocket (Benzinga)
Jul-02-25 11:04AM	American Water's Subsidiary to Acquire Water and Wastewater Assets (Zacks)
07:00AM	Essential Utilities Names Daniel Ramirez-Cisneros as President of Aqua Texas (Business Wire)
Jul-01-25 04:30PM	Aqua Illinois Launches New Customer Assistance Program to Help Customers Save on Water and Wastewater Bills (Business Wire)
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07:00AM	Essential Utilities Recognized among the 50 Most Community-Minded Businesses in the Greater Philadelphia Region (Business Wire)
Jun-25-25 08:16AM	California Water Boosts Wastewater Operations Through Silverwood Deal (Zacks)
Jun-17-25 09:45AM	Why This 1 Growth Stock Could Be a Great Addition to Your Portfolio (Zacks)
Jun-11-25 11:30AM	Essential Utilities (WTRG) Up 2.2% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue? (Zacks)
Jun-03-25 10:31AM	Consolidated Water Raises Shareholders' Value, Hikes Dividend by 47.4% (Zacks)
Jun-02-25 10:01PM	Why Chevron, Essential Utilities, And Horace Mann Educators Are Winners For Passive Income (Benzinga)
May-30-25 09:26AM	California Water to Buy Casa Loma & Palm Mutual Water Utility Assets (Zacks)
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May-22-25 08:27AM	American Water Works' Subsidiary Acquires Mesa Del Sol Water System (Zacks)
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May-14-25 10:46AM	Consolidated Water's Q1 Earnings and Sales Beat Estimates, Stock Up (Zacks)
May-13-25 03:06AM	Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Revenue Growth and ... (GuruFocus.com)
01:50AM	Q1 2025 Essential Utilities Inc Earnings Call (Thomson Reuters StreetEvents)
May-12-25 01:21PM	Essential Utilities Q1 Earnings & Sales Surpass Estimates, Rise Y/Y (Zacks)
08:10AM	Essential Utilities (WTRG) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates (Zacks)
07:08AM	Essential Utilities: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
07:00AM	Essential Utilities Reports Strong First Quarter 2025 Results, 2025 Guidance and Long-Term Targets Affirmed (Business Wire)
May-09-25 06:00PM	Aqua Pennsylvania Awarded $17.3 Million in Funding to Remove PFAS from Drinking Water, Replace Lead Service Lines (Business Wire)
May-08-25 07:27AM	American States Water Q1 Earnings In Line With Estimates, Sales Up Y/Y (Zacks)
May-07-25 07:55PM	UGI (UGI) Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates (Zacks)
May-05-25 10:00AM	Essential Utilities (WTRG) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth (Zacks)
May-04-25 05:30AM	3 Dividend Stocks You Can Be Comfortable Buying and Holding, Even in a Recession (Motley Fool)
May-02-25 11:33AM	California Water Q1 Earnings Top Estimates, Revenues Decline Y/Y (Zacks)
09:50AM	How Cadence Bank, Essential Utilities, And Morgan Stanley Can Put Cash In Your Pocket (Benzinga)
May-01-25 10:23PM	Top 10 High-Yield Dividend Stocks To Consider In May 2025 (Seeking Alpha)
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10:56AM	American Water Q1 Earnings Top Estimates on Effective New Rates (Zacks)
10:10AM	California Water Service Group (CWT) Beats Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (Zacks)
Apr-30-25 08:08PM	Small Actions, Essential Impact: Essential Utilities Improves Communities During Month-Long 2025 Earth Day Celebration (Business Wire)
06:50AM	As the Market Fluctuates in Response to President Donald Trump's Tariffs, What Stocks Are Safe? (Motley Fool)
Apr-28-25 12:10PM	Why Essential Utilities (WTRG) Could Beat Earnings Estimates Again (Zacks)
11:17AM	Is Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Among the Most Profitable Utility Stocks to Buy Now? (Insider Monkey)
Apr-27-25 06:12AM	Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG): Among The High Growth Utility Stocks To Invest In Now (Insider Monkey)
Apr-25-25 10:16AM	American Water Works to Release Q1 Earnings: Here's What to Expect (Zacks)
Apr-24-25 11:56AM	Essential Utilities Named to USA TODAYs Americas Climate Leaders 2025 List (Business Wire)
Apr-17-25 11:37PM	Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG): Among the Best Utility Stocks to Buy According to Analysts (Insider Monkey)
Apr-14-25 07:00AM	Essential Utilities to Report Earnings for Q1 2025 (Business Wire)
Apr-10-25 07:00AM	Essential Utilities Strengthens Americas Infrastructure Through $1B+ Capital Improvement Program (Business Wire)
Apr-09-25 09:00AM	American Water Works Arm Acquires Shrewsbury Township's Water System (Zacks)
Apr-08-25 03:53PM	Analyst Report: Essential Utilities, Inc. (Morningstar Research)
Apr-07-25 01:42PM	Analyst Report: Essential Utilities, Inc. (Morningstar Research)
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Apr-04-25 08:34AM	Middlesex Water's Unit Acquires the Water Assets of TOV for $4.6M (Zacks)
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Apr-01-25 08:38PM	My Top 10 High-Yield Dividend Stocks For April 2025 (Seeking Alpha)
10:00AM	Essential Utilities Reminds Customers and Contractors to Practice Safe Digging by Calling 811 (Business Wire)
Mar-29-25 02:17AM	Artesian Resources Vs. Essential Utilities: Why I Swapped (Seeking Alpha)
Mar-28-25 11:30AM	Essential Utilities (WTRG) Up 2.9% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue? (Zacks)
Mar-24-25 07:00AM	Essential Utilities Marks Five Years of Strength, Innovation and Growth (Business Wire)
Mar-23-25 08:31AM	How Essential Utilities, Portland General Electric, And Independent Bank Can Put Cash In Your Pocket (Benzinga)
Mar-20-25 01:43PM	BofA picks 36 stocks to help weather market downturns (SeekingAlpha)
12:33PM	FirstEnergy Raises Shareholders Values, Increases Dividend 4.7% (Zacks)
Mar-03-25 01:08PM	Aqua Pennsylvania Reminds Customers to Apply for 2025 Water and Wastewater Bill Assistance (Business Wire)
Feb-28-25 08:37AM	Analyst Report: Essential Utilities, Inc. (Morningstar Research)
08:00AM	Essential Utilities Announces Ed Vallejo as New Investor Relations Director (Business Wire)
02:27AM	Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Financial Performance ... (GuruFocus.com)
01:26AM	Q4 2024 Essential Utilities Inc Earnings Call (Thomson Reuters StreetEvents)
Feb-26-25 06:50PM	Essential Utilities (WTRG) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates (Zacks)
05:53PM	Essential Utilities: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
05:17PM	Essential Utilities Reports Financial Results for Full Year 2024 (Business Wire)
Feb-22-25 07:30PM	Looking For Yields: Essential Utilities, ManpowerGroup, And Hess Midstream Are Consistent Moneymakers (Benzinga)
Feb-21-25 06:44PM	Morningstar \| A Weekly Summary of Stock Ideas and Developments in the Companies We Cover (Morningstar Research)
Feb-19-25 10:00AM	Essential Utilities Declares June 2025 Dividend (Business Wire)
Feb-03-25 01:32PM	Analyst Report: Essential Utilities, Inc. (Morningstar Research)
Feb-01-25 12:01AM	Aqua Pennsylvania Acquires Greenville Sanitary Authority Wastewater System in Mercer County (Business Wire)
Jan-15-25 06:00AM	Essential Utilities Earns Newsweeks Americas Most Responsible Companies Recognition for Fourth Consecutive Year (Business Wire)
Jan-08-25 07:30AM	3 Dividend Stocks That Are Too Cheap to Ignore and Worth Buying in 2025 (Motley Fool)
Jan-07-25 12:31PM	Essential Utilities Nourishes Communities with Fourth Annual Fall for Food Banks Program (Business Wire)
09:35AM	Down -8.73% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why Essential Utilities (WTRG) Looks Ripe for a Turnaround (Zacks)
Dec-18-24 12:48PM	Essential Utilities to Report Financial Results for Full Year 2024 (Business Wire)
10:32AM	Essential Utilities Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act, Reinforces Commitment to Water Quality (Business Wire)
Dec-17-24 11:00AM	Why Extra Space Storage, Delek Logistics And Essential Utilities Are Winners For Passive Income (Benzinga)
Dec-13-24 03:15PM	Essential Utilities Donates $385,000 to United Way to Match Employee Giving (Business Wire)
Dec-11-24 10:35AM	Essential Utilities Declares March 2025 Dividend (Business Wire)
Dec-04-24 11:30AM	Essential Utilities (WTRG) Down 1.1% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound? (Zacks)
Nov-21-24 05:30AM	3 Dirt Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold (Motley Fool)
Nov-19-24 04:55PM	Aqua Pennsylvania Encourages Customers to Apply for Monthly Discounts on Water and Wastewater Bills (Business Wire)
Nov-11-24 12:16PM	Utility Stocks Are Booming But Why Is Jim Cramer In Love With This One (WTRG)? (Benzinga)
Nov-08-24 12:14AM	Decoding Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG): A Strategic SWOT Insight (GuruFocus.com)
Nov-06-24 02:20AM	Q3 2024 Essential Utilities Inc Earnings Call (Thomson Reuters StreetEvents)
02:19AM	Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Revenue Growth Amid ... (GuruFocus.com)
Nov-05-24 02:51PM	Analyst Report: Essential Utilities, Inc. (Morningstar Research)
Nov-04-24 06:15PM	Essential Utilities (WTRG) Surpasses Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (Zacks)
05:15PM	Essential Utilities: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
04:23PM	Essential Utilities Reports Financial Results for Q3 2024 (Business Wire)
Oct-30-24 11:26AM	Essential Declares December 2024 Dividend (Business Wire)
Oct-22-24 11:34AM	Essential Utilities Recognized as Champion of Board Diversity by the Forum of Executive Women (Business Wire)
Oct-20-24 08:00PM	Why Best Buy, Stanley Black & Decker And Essential Utilities Are Winners For Passive Income (Benzinga)
Oct-17-24 05:11PM	Is Essential Utilities (WTRG) the Best High Growth Utility Stock To Invest In? (Insider Monkey)
Sep-23-24 08:00AM	Gabelli Funds to Host 2nd Annual PFAS Symposium at The Harvard Club, New York, NY (GlobeNewswire)
Sep-12-24 09:46AM	Essential Utilities to Report Earnings for Q3 2024 (Business Wire)
Sep-09-24 08:00AM	Gabelli Funds to Host 2nd Annual PFAS Symposium at The Harvard Club, New York, NY (GlobeNewswire)
Sep-04-24 11:30AM	Essential Utilities (WTRG) Down 0.9% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound? (Zacks)
Aug-21-24 06:00AM	Essential Utilities Announces Appointment of Two Finance Leaders (Business Wire)
Aug-14-24 12:52PM	Analyst Report: Essential Utilities, Inc. (Morningstar Research)
Aug-13-24 04:26PM	Analyst Report: Essential Utilities, Inc. (Morningstar Research)

Essential Utilities, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in providing water, wastewater, and natural gas services through its subsidiaries. It operates through the Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas segments. The Regulated Water segment includes water and wastewater regulated utility companies. The Regulated Natural Gas segment refers to natural gas utility companies, which provide natural gas distribution services. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, PA.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Franklin Chris	Chief Executive Officer	Mar 14 '25	Sale	39.40	7,700	303,380	32,229	Mar 17 04:24 PM
Chris Franklin	Chief Executive Officer	Mar 14 '25	Proposed Sale	39.40	7,700	303,380		Mar 17 04:12 PM

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