37.14

0.75% -0.297

Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG)

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Essential Utilities Inc stock is traded at $37.14, with a volume of 78,478. It is down -0.75% in the last 24 hours and down -5.98% 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.

Previous Close:

$37.44

Open:

$37.26

24h Volume:

78,478

Relative Volume:

0.03

Market Cap:

$10.54B

Revenue:

$2.47B

Net Income/Loss:

$616.37M

P/E Ratio:

16.83

EPS:

2.2075

Net Cash Flow:

$-476.53M

1W Performance:

+0.13%

1M Performance:

-5.98%

6M Performance:

-5.36%

1Y Performance:

-4.38%

1-Day Range:

$37.08

$37.43

1-Week Range:

$36.43

$37.53

52-Week Range:

$36.32

$42.37

Essential Utilities Inc Stock (WTRG) Company Profile

Name

Essential Utilities Inc

Sector

Utilities (110)

Industry

Utilities - Regulated Water (13)

Phone

610-527-8000

Address

762 W. LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR, PA

Employee

3,303

Twitter

Next Earnings Date

2026-05-07

Latest SEC Filings

WTRG's Discussions on Twitter

Compare WTRG vs AWK, SBS, AWR, CWT

Stocks	Price	Market Cap	Revenue	Net Income	Cash Flow	EPS
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc	37.15	10.62B	2.47B	616.37M	-476.53M	2.2075
AWK American Water Works Co Inc	124.26	24.45B	5.21B	1.10B	-1.18B	5.6512
SBS Companhia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo Adr	5.755	19.85B	7.30B	1.60B	716.28M	0.1673
AWR American States Water Co	76.22	3.00B	679.25M	133.08M	38.00M	3.4295
CWT California Water Service Group	43.88	2.63B	1.01B	118.68M	-222.82M	1.9935

Essential Utilities Inc Stock (WTRG) Upgrades & Downgrades

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change
Dec-17-25	Downgrade	Barclays	Overweight → Underweight
Dec-03-25	Upgrade	Northcoast	Neutral → Buy
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) Latest News

May 23, 2026

What Essential Utilities (WTRG)'s Weaker Q1 Earnings and New Share Shelf Mean For Shareholders - simplywall.st

May 19, 2026

American Water’s proposed $40B merger with Essential Utilities progresses - ROI-NJ

May 19, 2026

May 18, 2026

WTRG Stock Price, Quote & Chart | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC (NYSE:WTRG) - ChartMill

May 18, 2026

May 17, 2026

Essential Utilities outlines merger timeline to close by end of Q1 2027 while reaffirming 5%-7% EPS growth through 2027 - MSN

May 17, 2026

May 16, 2026

Precision Trading with Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) Risk Zones - Stock Traders Daily

May 16, 2026

May 15, 2026

Ohio PUCO approves merger; Essential Utilities (NYSE: WTRG) advances integration - Stock Titan

May 15, 2026

Essential Utilities Gains Key Ohio Approval for Merger - TipRanks

May 15, 2026

American Water and Essential Utilities Merger Approved by Ohio Commission, Closing Expected in 2027 - Minichart

May 15, 2026

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approves Essential Utilities-American Water merger - TradingView

May 15, 2026

Essential Utilities (NYSE: WTRG) and American Water win Ohio merger approval - Stock Titan

May 15, 2026

Regulators advance Essential Utilities (NYSE: WTRG) merger with American Water - Stock Titan

May 15, 2026

May 14, 2026

American Water and Essential Utilities Proposed Merger Progresse - GuruFocus

May 14, 2026

American Water, Essential Utilities Receive Ohio Approval for Merger - Moomoo

May 14, 2026