39.78

2.28% -0.93

After Hours: 39.78

Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG)

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Essential Utilities Inc stock is traded at $39.78, with a volume of 1.59M. It is down -2.28% in the last 24 hours and up +3.84% 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.

Previous Close:

$40.71

Open:

$40.34

24h Volume:

1.59M

Relative Volume:

0.83

Market Cap:

$11.16B

Revenue:

$2.09B

Net Income/Loss:

$595.31M

P/E Ratio:

18.33

EPS:

2.17

Net Cash Flow:

$-559.40M

1W Performance:

-0.72%

1M Performance:

+3.84%

6M Performance:

+1.04%

1Y Performance:

+1.58%

1-Day Range:

$39.66

$40.78

1-Week Range:

$39.66

$41.27

52-Week Range:

$33.18

$41.65

Essential Utilities Inc Stock (WTRG) Company Profile

Name

Essential Utilities Inc

Sector

Utilities (111)

Industry

Utilities - Regulated Water (14)

Phone

610-527-8000

Address

762 W. LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR, PA

Employee

3,291

Twitter

Next Earnings Date

2024-11-04

Latest SEC Filings

WTRG's Discussions on Twitter

Compare WTRG with other stocks

Stocks	Price	Market Cap	Revenue	Net Income	Cash Flow	EPS
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc	39.78	11.42B	2.09B	595.31M	-559.40M	2.17
AWK American Water Works Co Inc	139.63	27.90B	4.94B	1.08B	-943.00M	5.5543
SBS Companhia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo Adr	22.66	15.22B	6.53B	1.73B	1.36B	2.5274
AWR American States Water Co	73.14	2.87B	615.96M	124.33M	-3.29M	3.2626
CWT California Water Service Group	46.30	2.81B	970.03M	134.22M	-168.32M	2.28

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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