Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Essential Utilities, Inc.
Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, and natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water; and Regulated Natural Gas segments. It also provides utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households; gas marketing and production activities; and natural gas distribution services. The company serves approximately 5.5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Sector: Utilities · Industry: Utilities - Regulated Water · United States · 3,303 employees · essential.co
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-06
As of 2026-09-06, Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) had a market capitalization of $11.83B, a trailing P/E of 21.4 (forward 17.5), a dividend yield of 3.46% and a beta of 0.63; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $36.11 – $42.37 (9.1% over the year).
- Market cap
- $11.83B
- Enterprise value
- $20.36B
- Trailing P/E
- 21.4
- Forward P/E
- 17.5
- PEG ratio
- 3.74
- Price / book
- 1.69
- EPS (trailing)
- $1.95
- EPS (forward)
- $2.38
- Dividend yield
- 3.46%
- Payout ratio
- 70.3%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-08-11
- 52-week range
- $36.11 – $42.37
- 52-week change
- 9.1%
- Beta
- 0.63
- Average volume
- 2.1M
- Shares outstanding
- 283.6M
- Short % of float
- 2.10%
- Profit margin
- 21.6%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) last closed at $41.80 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 61 (neutral territory), price +1.9% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread +2.5%, MACD histogram 0.05.
Sentiment inputs: 60% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 100% bullish; analyst consensus score 43/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 54 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of WTRG; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 1 sell (1 filer, latest disclosure 2026-08-11). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Colleen Arnold (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
WTRG has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell WTRG.
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