WTRG Overview

Essential Utilities, Inc. is the holding company for regulated utilities providing water, wastewater, or natural gas services. The Company’s segments include Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas. The Regulated Water segment consists of eight operating segments representing its water and wastewater regulated utility companies, which are organized by the states where the Company provides water and wastewater services. The Regulated Natural Gas segment consists of one operating segment representing natural gas utility companies for which the Company provides natural gas distribution services. It provides services in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The Company also operates market-based activities, conducted through its non-regulated subsidiaries, that provide utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households and gas marketing and production activities.

Wall Street analysts forecast WTRG stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for WTRG is40.00 USD with a low forecast of 38.00 USD and a high forecast of 42.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

Essential Utilities Inc revenue for the last quarter amounts to 861.76M USD, increased 9.97

Essential Utilities Inc. EPS for the last quarter amounts to 0.79 USD, decreased -23.30

Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) has 3303 emplpoyees as of May 10 2026.

Today WTRG has the market capitalization of 10.63B USD.