38.08
price down icon2.43%   -0.95
after-market After Hours: 38.40 0.32 +0.84%
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Essential Utilities Inc stock is traded at $38.08, with a volume of 3.18M. It is down -2.43% in the last 24 hours and down -3.30% over the past month. Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for US water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Its largest service territory is in Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 740,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. It completed the sale of its West Virginia gas utility and the bulk of its nonregulated assets in 2024. Essential shareholders would own a 31% stake in American Water Works if the proposed all-stock merger closes in 2027.
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Previous Close:
$39.03
Open:
$38.69
24h Volume:
3.18M
Relative Volume:
1.53
Market Cap:
$10.68B
Revenue:
$2.09B
Net Income/Loss:
$595.31M
P/E Ratio:
17.55
EPS:
2.17
Net Cash Flow:
$-559.40M
1W Performance:
-6.28%
1M Performance:
-3.30%
6M Performance:
-6.46%
1Y Performance:
-0.42%
1-Day Range:
Value
$37.94
$38.73
1-Week Range:
Value
$37.86
$40.76
52-Week Range:
Value
$33.18
$42.37

Essential Utilities Inc Stock (WTRG) Company Profile

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Essential Utilities Inc
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Phone
610-527-8000
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Address
762 W. LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR, PA
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3,291
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Next Earnings Date
2024-11-04
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WTRG's Discussions on Twitter

Compare WTRG with other stocks

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WTRG
Essential Utilities Inc
38.08 10.95B 2.09B 595.31M -559.40M 2.17
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AWK
American Water Works Co Inc
125.97 25.06B 4.94B 1.08B -943.00M 5.5543
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SBS
Companhia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo Adr
24.89 16.77B 7.07B 1.98B -494.76M 2.8942
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AWR
American States Water Co
71.70 2.75B 615.96M 124.33M -3.29M 3.2626
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CWT
California Water Service Group
44.97 2.64B 990.69M 135.27M -228.61M 2.29

Essential Utilities Inc Stock (WTRG) Upgrades & Downgrades

Date Action Analyst Rating Change
Oct-02-25 Initiated Barclays Overweight
Jan-28-25 Upgrade Jefferies Hold → Buy
Jan-07-25 Downgrade Wells Fargo Overweight → Equal Weight
Nov-07-24 Downgrade Jefferies Buy → Hold
Oct-07-24 Initiated Jefferies Buy
Sep-20-24 Resumed BofA Securities Buy
Nov-03-23 Upgrade Edward Jones Hold → Buy
Sep-28-23 Upgrade Northcoast Neutral → Buy
May-18-23 Downgrade Northcoast Buy → Neutral
Feb-06-23 Upgrade UBS Neutral → Buy
Sep-09-22 Downgrade BofA Securities Buy → Neutral
Aug-18-22 Upgrade HSBC Securities Hold → Buy
Apr-08-22 Downgrade HSBC Securities Buy → Hold
Mar-10-22 Upgrade Evercore ISI In-line → Outperform
Dec-08-21 Upgrade Barclays Equal Weight → Overweight
Sep-14-20 Upgrade Wells Fargo Equal Weight → Overweight
Aug-10-20 Upgrade BofA Securities Neutral → Buy
Jul-15-20 Initiated Barclays Equal Weight
May-20-20 Initiated Seaport Global Securities Neutral
Apr-24-20 Initiated RBC Capital Mkts Outperform
Apr-16-20 Initiated Goldman Neutral
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Essential Utilities Inc Stock (WTRG) Financials Data

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utilities_regulated_water SBS
$24.89
price up icon 1.43%
utilities_regulated_water AWR
$71.70
price up icon 0.55%
utilities_regulated_water CWT
$44.97
price up icon 1.33%
utilities_regulated_water HTO
$46.20
price down icon 0.11%
$49.92
price down icon 13.14%
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