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Essential Utilities (WTRG)

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$38.19 USD

38.19
297,758

+0.28 (0.74%)

Updated Aug 7, 2025 11:14 AM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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2-Buy of 5   2      

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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D Value B Growth D Momentum D VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 41% (100 out of 246)

Industry: Utility - Water Supply

Zacks News

Zacks Equity Research

Duke Energy's (DUK) Arm Files Rate Adjustment in North Carolina

Duke Energy's (DUK) business arm Piedmont Natural Gas' major capital investments in its recent request to the NCUC include the construction of a $250-million LNG storage facility in Robeson County.

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Why Is Essential Utilities (WTRG) Up 2% Since Last Earnings Report?

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.

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American Water's (AWK) Arm to Invest in Lincoln Water System

American Water's (AWK) subsidiary will invest $37 million in Lincoln water system to enhance the reliability of its service and increase its delivery capacity.

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Middlesex Water (MSEX) to Invest $10.2M in Infrastructure Upgrade

To maintain the reliability of its services, Middlesex Water (MSEX) plans to pump $10.2 million starting this April into uplifting the infrastructure of Borough of Metuchen.

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American Water (AWK) to Invest $3M, Upgrade Pekin Water System

American Water Works (AWK) continues to make investment to strengthen and upgrade its existing infrastructure. It plans to invest in the range of $22-$25 billion in the next decade to fortify the same.

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American Water (AWK) to Invest $10M, Upgrade Peoria Water System

American Water Works (AWK) continues to invest to strengthen and upgrade its existing infrastructure, and plans to invest in the range of $22-$25 billion in the next decade to fortify the same.

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California Water (CWT) to Buy Skylonda Mutual Water's Assets

The subsidiary of California Water (CWT), California Water Service, signs a contract to buy the assets of Skylonda Mutual Water Company, which borders the unit's customer connections in Bear Gulch District.

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Essential Utilities (WTRG) to Gain From Investment, Buyouts

Essential Utilities (WTRG) with its steady investment and strategic acquisitions is poised for growth. However, demand fluctuation related to weather and risk of contamination of water is headwinds.

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California Water's (CWT) Unit Gets Nod to Buy Water Assets

California Water's (CWT) arm Hawaii Water gets an approval from The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission to purchase Maui Land and Pineapple Company's assets, which in turn, will widen its base in Hawaii.

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American Water (AWK) Arm Invests $1.3M for Pipeline Upgrade

American Water Works' (AWK) unit Missouri American Water invests $1.3 million to upgrade 3,100 feet of water mains and thereby strengthen its water infrastructure.

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American Water (AWK) Arm to Invest $2M for Pipeline Upgrade

American Water Works (AWK) unit Missouri American Water continues to replace its old water pipelines and increase reliability of its operations.

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American Water (AWK) Q4 Earnings Match Estimates, Sales Lag

American Water Works' (AWK) fourth-quarter earnings match estimates. Strategic acquisitions and the long-term investment plan are likely to boost its performance over the long term.

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Essential (WTRG) Q4 Earnings Match Estimates, Revenues Lag

Essential Utilities' (WTRG) fourth-quarter earnings are on par with estimates. The company has planned $3-billion investment through 2023 to strengthen its water and gas infrastructure.

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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Matches Q4 Earnings Estimates

Essential Utilities (WTRG) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 0.00% and -12.39%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2020. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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American States Water (AWR) Q4 Earnings & Revenues Beat Mark

American States Water's (AWR) fourth-quarter results reflect a year-over-year improvement in earnings as well as revenues.

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Vistra Energy (VST) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Offing?

Vistra Energy's (VST) fourth-quarter earnings are likely to have benefited from power prices, reduction of debt level and strong demand from the residential customer group.

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What's in the Cards for NRG Energy's (NRG) Q4 Earnings?

Gradual improvement in Commercial and Industrial demand and a strong residential load is likely to aid NRG Energy's (NRG) fourth-quarter 2020 earnings.

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What's in the Offing for American Water's (AWK) Q4 Earnings?

American Water Works (AWK) fourth-quarter earnings are likely to have benefited from demand from the expanding customer base and cost-management initiatives.

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Pinnacle West (PNW) to Post Q4 Earnings: What's in Store?

Favorable economic landscape accompanied by an expanding customer base and improving demand is likely to boost Pinnacle West's (PNW) Q4 results.

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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Earnings Expected to Grow: Should You Buy?

Essential Utilities (WTRG) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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ONEOK (OKE) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

ONEOK's (OKE) fourth-quarter earnings are expected to have benefited from fee-based income and a gradual increase in production from the upstream companies.

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Alliant Energy (LNT) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in Store?

Alliant Energy's (LNT) fourth-quarter earnings are likely to have gained from buoyant demand across all customer classes along with initiatives to move toward clean energy resources.

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American Water's (AWK) Illinois Arm Acquires Water Assets

American Water's (AWK) unit Illinois American Water further expands operation through the acquisition of the water distribution system of Concordia Water Cooperative for $1.7 million.

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PPL Gears Up for Q4 Earnings: What's in Store for the Stock?

While a completely hedged foreign portfolio is likely to enhance PPL's Q4 results, lower share count might have hurt the stock to some extent.

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NiSource (NI) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Offing?

Reviving demand from commercial and industrial group along with new gas rates effective in the to-be-reported quarter are likely to aid NiSource's (NI) fourth-quarter results.