40.76
price up icon0.39%   0.16
after-market After Hours: 40.80 0.04 +0.10%
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Essential Utilities Inc stock is traded at $40.76, with a volume of 1.14M. It is up +0.39% in the last 24 hours and up +7.94% 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.
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Previous Close:
$40.60
Open:
$40.51
24h Volume:
1.14M
Relative Volume:
0.71
Market Cap:
$11.22B
Revenue:
$1.96B
Net Income/Loss:
$546.01M
P/E Ratio:
20.38
EPS:
2
Net Cash Flow:
$-505.58M
1W Performance:
+0.12%
1M Performance:
+7.94%
6M Performance:
+2.75%
1Y Performance:
+5.11%
1-Day Range:
Value
$40.33
$40.94
1-Week Range:
Value
$40.33
$41.60
52-Week Range:
Value
$33.18
$41.78

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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Employee
3,291
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Next Earnings Date
2024-11-04
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Latest SEC Filings
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WTRG's Discussions on Twitter

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WTRG
Essential Utilities Inc
40.76 11.22B 1.96B 546.01M -505.58M 2.00
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48.61 2.91B 1.03B 201.28M -144.69M 3.47

Essential Utilities Inc Stock (WTRG) Upgrades & Downgrades

Date Action Analyst Rating Change
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) Latest News

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May 09, 2025

Ex-Dividend Reminder: Essential Utilities, Ryan Specialty Holdings and FB Financial Corp - Nasdaq

May 09, 2025
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May 05, 2025

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth - Yahoo Finance

May 05, 2025
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May 04, 2025

Essential Utilities Named to USA TODAY’s Climate Leaders 2025 List for Third Consecutive Year - MSN

May 04, 2025
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May 04, 2025

3 Dividend Stocks You Can Be Comfortable Buying and Holding, Even in a Recession - The Motley Fool

May 04, 2025
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May 02, 2025

How Cadence Bank, Essential Utilities, And Morgan Stanley Can Put Cash In Your Pocket - Benzinga

May 02, 2025
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May 01, 2025

Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) is favoured by institutional owners who hold 80% of the company - simplywall.st

May 01, 2025
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Apr 30, 2025

Small Actions, Essential Impact: Essential Utilities Improves Communities During Month-Long 2025 Earth Day Celebration - Yahoo Finance

Apr 30, 2025
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Apr 28, 2025

Why Essential Utilities (WTRG) Could Beat Earnings Estimates Again - sharewise

Apr 28, 2025
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Apr 28, 2025

Is Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Among the Most Profitable Utility Stocks to Buy Now? - Insider Monkey

Apr 28, 2025
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Apr 27, 2025

10 Most Profitable Utility Stocks to Buy Now - Insider Monkey

Apr 27, 2025
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Apr 27, 2025

Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG): Among The High Growth Utility Stocks To Invest In Now - Insider Monkey

Apr 27, 2025
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Apr 25, 2025

Essential Utilities Named to USA TODAY's America's Climate Leade - GuruFocus

Apr 25, 2025
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Apr 24, 2025

Essential Utilities Named to USA TODAY's America's Climate Leaders 2025 List | WTRG Stock News - GuruFocus

Apr 24, 2025
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Apr 24, 2025

Essential Utilities Named to USA TODAY’s America’s Climate Leaders 2025 List - Yahoo

Apr 24, 2025
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Apr 22, 2025

Essential Utilities to Announce Q1 2025 Earnings on May 12 - MSN

Apr 22, 2025
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Apr 18, 2025

7 Best Water Stocks and ETFs to Buy - Money/ US News

Apr 18, 2025
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Apr 17, 2025

Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG): Among the Best Utility Stocks to Buy According to Analysts - Yahoo Finance

Apr 17, 2025
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Apr 15, 2025

While shareholders of Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) are in the red over the last three years, underlying earnings have actually grown - simplywall.st

Apr 15, 2025
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Apr 15, 2025

Essential Utilities Invests $5.4 Billion to Tackle Aging Infrastructure - MyChesCo

Apr 15, 2025
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Apr 14, 2025

Essential Utilities to Report Earnings for Q1 2025 | WTRG Stock News - GuruFocus

Apr 14, 2025
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Apr 14, 2025

Essential Utilities to Report Earnings for Q1 2025 - Business Wire

Apr 14, 2025
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Apr 12, 2025

Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) is a favorite amongst institutional investors who own 80% - Yahoo Finance

Apr 12, 2025
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Apr 11, 2025

Essential Utilities Strengthens America's Infrastructure Through $1B+ Capital Improvement Program | WTRG Stock News - GuruFocus

Apr 11, 2025
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Apr 10, 2025

Essential Utilities to Invest Over $1.4 Billion on Infrastructure This Year - marketscreener.com

Apr 10, 2025
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Apr 10, 2025

Essential Utilities Strengthens America's Infrastructure Through - GuruFocus

Apr 10, 2025
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Apr 10, 2025

Essential Utilities Strengthens America’s Infrastructure Through $1B+ Capital Improvement Program - Business Wire

Apr 10, 2025
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Apr 08, 2025

Essential's Organic Investment Driving Growth - Morningstar

Apr 08, 2025
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Apr 07, 2025

Essential Utilities Promotes National Safe Digging Month with 811 Reminder - MyChesCo

Apr 07, 2025
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Apr 06, 2025

Essential Utilities Marks Five Years of Growth and Sustainability - MSN

Apr 06, 2025
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Apr 02, 2025

Estimating The Fair Value Of Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) - simplywall.st

Apr 02, 2025
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Apr 01, 2025

Essential Utilities Reminds Customers and Contractors to Practice Safe Digging by Calling 811 - Business Wire

Apr 01, 2025
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Apr 01, 2025

Don't Dig Without This: Essential Utilities Reveals Crucial 811 Safety Requirements - Stock Titan

Apr 01, 2025
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Mar 28, 2025

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Up 2.9% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue? - Yahoo Finance

Mar 28, 2025
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Mar 24, 2025

Essential Utilities Marks Five Years of Strength, Innovation and Growth - Lelezard

Mar 24, 2025
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Mar 24, 2025

Essential Utilities Transforms Operations: $5.4B Investment Slashes Outages 45%, Cuts Emissions 25% - Stock Titan

Mar 24, 2025
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Mar 23, 2025

How Essential Utilities, Portland General Electric, And Independent Bank Can Put Cash In Your Pocket - Benzinga

Mar 23, 2025
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Mar 20, 2025

The past three years for Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) investors has not been profitable - Yahoo Finance

Mar 20, 2025
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Mar 20, 2025

Is Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) Using Too Much Debt? - Simply Wall St

Mar 20, 2025
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Mar 19, 2025

Essential Utilities launches $1 billion commercial paper program - Investing.com Australia

Mar 19, 2025
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Mar 19, 2025

Essential Utilities launches $1 billion commercial paper program By Investing.com - Investing.com South Africa

Mar 19, 2025

Essential Utilities Inc Stock (WTRG) Financials Data

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$20.59
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$80.24
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$48.61
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$60.09
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$21.54
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