Essential Utilities, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water or wastewater services in the United States.
Essential Utilities stock last closed at $42.80, up 0.56% from the previous day, and has decreased 12.22% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Utilities - Regulated Water industry by 0.06 percentage points. Essential Utilities stock is currently +11.17% from its 52-week low of $38.50, and -18.66% from its 52-week high of $52.62.
As of Mar 20, 2023, there are 264.14M WTRG shares outstanding. The market cap of WTRG is $11.31B. In the last 24 hours, 1.55M WTRG shares were traded.
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Out of 7 Wall Street analysts who track WTRG, the consensus analyst rating on Essential Utilities is a Strong Buy
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Shelby Tucker, a top 14% analyst from RBC Capital reiterates WTRG with a buy rating and maintains their WTRG price target from $54.00 to $54.00, on Mar 16, 2023.
Jonathan Reeder, a top 24% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains WTRG with a strong buy rating and lowers their WTRG price target from $53.00 to $52.00, on Feb 28, 2023.
Gregg Orrill, a top 32% analyst from UBS upgrades WTRG to a strong buy rating and announces their WTRG price target of $55.00, on Feb 6, 2023.
Joseph Parkhill, a top 30% analyst from UBS maintains WTRG with a hold rating and raises their WTRG price target from $45.00 to $52.00, on Nov 29, 2022.
Ryan Greenwald, an analyst from Bank of America downgrades WTRG to a hold rating and announces their WTRG price target of $52.00, on Sep 9, 2022.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Essential Utilities stock forecast page.
Last year, WTRG earnings were $465.24M. Over the last 5 year, WTRG's earnings have grown by 5.57% per year. This was slower than the Utilities - Regulated Water industry average of 5.83%.
Last year, WTRG revenue was $2.29B. During the past five year, WTRG's revenue has grown by 23.1% per year. This was faster than the Utilities - Regulated Water industry average of 7.61%.
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In the past year, executives and large shareholders at WTRG have sold more shares than they have bought.
Chris Franklin, Chief Executive Officer of WTRG, was the latest WTRG insider to buy. They bought $1,515,871.50 worth of WTRG shares on Mar 8, 2023.
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Essential Utilities pays a dividend of 3.31%, compared to the Utilities - Regulated Water industry's average dividend yield of 2.21%. If you owned $1,000 of WTRG stock, you would have received $33.09 last year.
Essential Utilities dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
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