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WTEssential Utilities Inc

Essential Utilities Inc

WTRGNEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.
UtilitiesUtilities

$36.89

+0.2000 (+0.55%)

As of 05/29/26 EDT · USD

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Low: $36.32Current: $36.89High: $42.37

Key Statistics

Open

$37.11

Day High

$37.29

Day Low

$36.60

Prev. Close

$36.69

VolumeShares traded today.

2.92M

Avg. VolumeAverage daily volume.

Market CapTotal value of all shares = price × shares outstanding.

$10.46B

P/E (TTM)Price-to-Earnings: share price ÷ earnings per share over the last 12 months. Lower can mean cheaper; very high can mean growth expectations.

18.73

Forward P/EP/E based on forecast next-year earnings.

P/B RatioPrice-to-Book: share price ÷ book value per share.

52W HighHighest price over the past 52 weeks.

$42.37

52W LowLowest price over the past 52 weeks.

$36.32

50D MAAverage closing price over the last 50 trading days.

$38.89

200D MAAverage closing price over the last 200 trading days.

$39.07

Dividend YieldAnnual dividend ÷ share price, as a %.

BetaVolatility vs the market. >1 = more volatile than the S&P 500.

Performance

1W

-0.3%

1M

-6.6%

6M

-6.7%

YTD

-4.6%

1Y

-4.3%

About

Essential Utilities is an American utility company that has stakes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. The company provides drinking water and wastewater treatment infrastructure and natural gas. Essential Utilities is the publicly traded ($WTRG) parent company that oversees the continued business of Aqua America and Peoples Natural Gas, who both continue to do business under their original names.

www.essential.co/

Company Facts

SectorUtilities
IndustryUtilities
ExchangeNEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.
CurrencyUSD

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