Essential Utilities, Inc. is a holding company for regulated utilities providing water, wastewater, or natural gas services. The Companyâ€™s segments include the Regulated Water segment and the Regulated Natural Gas segment. The Regulated Water segment consists of 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 natural gas utility companies, acquired in the Peoples Gas Acquisition, for which the Company provides natural gas distribution services. It provides services across 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.

Employees

3,291

Sector

Water Utilities

Calendar

02-24 - Q4 2025 Earnings Release

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Date	Price	Change	Volume
13/02/26	39.73 $	+2.98%	2,008,835
12/02/26	38.58 $	+3.04%	2,440,586
11/02/26	37.44 $	-0.58%	2,170,456
10/02/26	37.66 $	+2.14%	2,269,425
09/02/26	36.87 $	-1.47%	2,067,980

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HOLD

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Last Close Price

39.73USD

Average target price

41.40USD

Spread / Average Target

+4.20%

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Market Closed - Nyse Other stock markets 21:00:02 13/02/2026 GMT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
39.73 ^USD	+2.98%		+6.17%	+3.57%

02-10	Sector Update: Energy Stocks Softer Late Afternoon	MT
02-10	Sector Update: Energy Stocks Softer Tuesday Afternoon	MT

Capitalization	11.24B 9.48B 8.62B 8.24B 15.31B 1,019B 15.9B 100B 39.84B 491B 42.16B 41.29B 1,716B	P/E ratio 2025 *	18.6x	P/E ratio 2026 *	17.6x
Enterprise value	19.46B 16.4B 14.92B 14.25B 26.49B 1,763B 27.51B 173B 68.95B 850B 72.96B 71.46B 2,969B	EV / Sales 2025 *	8.67x	EV / Sales 2026 *	8.5x
Free-Float	98.61%	Yield 2025 *	3.36%	Yield 2026 *	3.54%

02-10	Sector Update: Energy Stocks Softer Late Afternoon	MT
02-10	Sector Update: Energy Stocks Softer Tuesday Afternoon	MT
01-23	Essential Utilities, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable March 2, 2026	CI
01-15	American Water to invest up to $48 billion in upgrades over next ten years	RE
12-17	Barclays Downgrades Essential Utilities to Underweight From Overweight, Adjusts PT to $38 From $43	MT
12-17	Analyst recommendations: Airbnb, Autozone, Constellation Brands, Fortinet, The Gap…
11-05	Essential Utilities, Inc., Q3 2025 Earnings Call, Nov 05, 2025
11-04	Essential Utilities Q3 Earnings, Revenue Rise	MT
11-04	Earnings Flash (WTRG) Essential Utilities Inc. Reports Q3 Revenue $477.0M, vs. FactSet Est of $472.4M	MT
29/10/25	American Water Q3 revenue beats estimates, affirms 2025 EPS guidance	RE
28/10/25	UBS Downgrades Essential Utilities to Neutral From Buy, Trims Price Target to $45 From $46	MT
28/10/25	Janney Downgrades Essential Utilities to Neutral From Buy, Adjusts Price Target to $43 From $56	MT
28/10/25	A bold gamble in water

01-12	American Water Works' Pending Merger Could Address Concerns Around Water Bill Affordability, BofA Says	MT
12-17	Barclays Downgrades Essential Utilities to Underweight From Overweight, Adjusts PT to $38 From $43	MT
12-17	Analyst recommendations: Airbnb, Autozone, Constellation Brands, Fortinet, The Gap…
12-03	Northcoast Upgrades Essential Utilities to Buy From Neutral, Adjusts Price Target to $42 From $46	MT
28/10/25	UBS Downgrades Essential Utilities to Neutral From Buy, Trims Price Target to $45 From $46	MT

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02-10	American Water and Essential Utilities Shareholders Approve Merger-Related Proposals at Special Shareholder Meetings	PR
02-06	Essential Utilities to Report Financial Results for Full Year 2025	BU
01-26	Essential Declares March 2026 Dividend	AQ
01-23	Essential Declares March 2026 Dividend	BU
01-22	Aqua Pennsylvania Awarded Nearly $17 Million in PENNVEST Funding for PFAS Treatment Projects in Bucks, Chester & Montgomery Counties	BU

12-17	Wall Street : Le rallye des faibles attentes
28/10/25	American Water Works: una scommessa audace nel settore idrico
28/10/25	American Water Works: Una apuesta audaz por el agua
27/10/25	American Water Works: gewaagde gok in de waterindustrie
27/10/25	American Water Works fusioniert mit Essential Utilities: Eine kühne Wette auf das Wasser

1 day	+2.98%
1 week	+6.17%
Current month	+2.42%
1 month	+0.03%
3 months	+0.15%
6 months	+1.69%
Current year	+3.57%

1 week	36.36	39.77
1 month	36.36	40.06
Current year	36.36	40.11
1 year	34.85	42.37
3 years	32.07	46.36
5 years	32.07	53.93
10 years	28.03	54.52

Manager	Title	Age	Since
Christopher Franklin CEO	Chief Executive Officer	60	30/06/2015
Dan Schuller DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	56	30/09/2018
Sumit Nair CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-	07/11/2022

Director	Title	Age	Since
Christopher Franklin CHM	Chairman	60	31/12/2017
Dan Hilferty BRD	Director/Board Member	69	28/06/2017
Elizabeth Amato BRD	Director/Board Member	69	26/08/2018

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ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC.	+2.98%	+6.17%	+12.87%	-13.40%	11.24B
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UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC	+1.34%	+6.82%	+37.68%	+26.73%	12.67B
PENNON GROUP PLC	+1.04%	+6.09%	+23.57%	-36.44%	3.75B
BEIJING CAPITAL ECO-ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION GROUP CO., LTD.	-0.66%	-1.31%	-3.51%	+2.72%	3.21B
CHENGDU XINGRONG ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD.	-1.12%	-1.95%	-0.42%	+38.51%	3.03B
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY	+2.74%	+6.27%	+1.12%	-19.99%	2.9B
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP	+2.44%	+4.70%	+3.63%	-22.34%	2.77B
AGUAS ANDINAS S.A.	-0.93%	-4.30%	+13.06%	+88.16%	2.59B
Average	+2.17%	+3.75%	+17.62%	+26.99%	7.58B
Weighted average by Cap.	+4.47%	+5.43%	+30.84%	+58.28%

	2025 *	2026 *
Net sales	2.24B 1.89B 1.72B 1.64B 3.06B 203B 3.17B 20.01B 7.96B 98.03B 8.42B 8.24B 343B	2.37B 2B 1.82B 1.74B 3.23B 215B 3.36B 21.17B 8.42B 104B 8.91B 8.72B 362B
Net income	595M 502M 456M 436M 810M 53.94B 841M 5.31B 2.11B 25.99B 2.23B 2.19B 90.83B	648M 546M 497M 475M 883M 58.76B 917M 5.78B 2.3B 28.31B 2.43B 2.38B 98.94B
Net Debt	8.21B 6.92B 6.3B 6.02B 11.18B 744B 11.61B 73.22B 29.11B 359B 30.8B 30.17B 1,254B	8.94B 7.53B 6.86B 6.55B 12.17B 810B 12.64B 79.69B 31.68B 390B 33.52B 32.83B 1,364B