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Essential Utilities (WTRG)

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$38.43 USD

38.43
1,999,093

+0.52 (1.37%)

Updated Aug 7, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $38.43 0.00 (0.00%) 5:52 PM 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

American Water (AWK) Q1 Earnings Miss Estimates, Sales Beat

American Water Works' (AWK) first-quarter earnings are marginally lower than expected. The company continues with long-term capital expenditure plans to strengthen infrastructure.

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Middlesex Water (MSEX) to Invest $11.1M in Main Upgrades

Middlesex Water (MSEX) to invest $11.1 million to upgrade its drinking water infrastructure in some regions of New Jersey and serve its customers efficiently.

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American Water's (AWK) New Jersey Arm to Invest in Upgrades

American Water's (AWK) New Jersey American Water unit to invest $5.7 million in order to replace old pipelines and increase the resilience of its services.

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American Water Works' (AWK) Arm to Buy Wastewater Systems

American Water Works (AWK) subsidiary, Illinois American Water to further extend operations through the acquisition of Granite City's wastewater treatment plant.

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American Water's (AWK) Arm Signs Wastewater Assets Deal

American Water Works' (AWK) subsidiary, Pennsylvania American Water, announces an agreement to assume the Towamencin acquisition deal.

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California Water's (CWT) Arm Closes Water System Assets Buyout

California Water Service Group's (CWT) unit, Washington Water Service, completes the acquisition of Bethel Greenacres Water Association's water system assets.

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American Water's (AWK) Pennsylvania Arm to Invest in Upgrades

American Water Works' (AWK) Pennsylvania unit continues to make investments to upgrade and expand its operations after investing $490 million in infrastructure upgrades in 2022.

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California Water (CWT) Q4 Earnings & Sales Surpass Estimates

California Water Service Group???s (CWT) fourth-quarter earnings and revenues beat estimates. Its long-term debt decreases year over year.

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American States Water (AWR) Q4 Earnings & Sales Lag Estimates

American States Water's (AWR) fourth-quarter earnings and revenues are lower than expected as the delay in rate approval continues to impact the company's performance.

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American Water Works' (AWK) Arm Buys Water & Sewer Systems

American Water Works' (AWK) Missouri arm completes the acquisition of Stewartsville drinking water and sewer assets and plans to invest $3.2 million in system upgrades.

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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Q4 Earnings Lag Estimates, Sales Up

Essential Utilities' (WTRG) fourth-quarter earnings are lower than expected. WTRG continues to make acquisitions and investments to strengthen its water and natural gas operations.

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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Q4 Earnings Lag Estimates

Essential Utilities (WTRG) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -2.22% and 26.87%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2022. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Middlesex Water (MSEX) Lags Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Middlesex Water (MSEX) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -18.37% and 0.45%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2022. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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PNM Resources (PNM) Q4 Earnings Decline Y/Y, Revenues Rise

PNM Resources (PNM) reports fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than the year-ago period. Revenues increase year over year.

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Alliant Energy (LNT) Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Sales Up Y/Y

Alliant Energy Corporation's (LNT) fourth-quarter earnings lag estimates, while revenues increase year over year.

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ONE Gas' (OGS) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates

ONE Gas, Inc.'s (OGS) fourth-quarter earnings and revenues surpass estimates. The company's long-term debt is lower than the previous year's record.

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AVANGRID's (AGR) Q4 Earnings In Line, Revenues Beat Estimates

AVANGRID, Inc.'s (AGR) fourth-quarter earnings meet estimates, while revenues surpass the same. AGR's Renewables segment performs better than the others.

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American Water Works (AWK) Q4 Earnings & Sales Beat Estimates

American Electric Power (AWK) reports better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and revenues. AWK continues to expand through acquisition and is making planned expenditures to strengthen operations.

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FirstEnergy's (FE) Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Beat

FirstEnergy's (FE) fourth-quarter earnings miss estimates, while revenues surpass the same.

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MDU Resources (MDU) Q4 Earnings Top Estimates, Revenues Up Y/Y

MDU Resources Group (MDU) fourth-quarter earnings beat the estimates. MDU reports increased revenues from electric, natural gas distribution and regulated pipeline.

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American Water Works' (AWK) Arm to Buy Sewer Assets for $28M

American Water Works' (AWK) Pennsylvania unit enters into an agreement to acquire the wastewater assets of Elizabeth Borough Municipal Authority for $28 million to further expand its service areas.

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American Water Works' (AWK) Arm to Buy Water & Sewer Systems

American Water Works' (AWK) unit Virginia American Water has signed an agreement to acquire water and sewer assets, which will help in expanding its customer base.

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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Unveils 2023 & Long-Term Guidance

Essential Utilities (WTRG) raises its 3-year capital expenditure guidance and reaffirms its willingness to expand water operations through systematic acquisitions.

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Consolidated Water (CWCO) Buys Residual PERC Water for $7.8M

Consolidated Water (CWCO) acquires full control of PERC Water Corporation, which will boost performance and further enhance shareholder value.

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American Water (AWK) Unit to Acquire Sewer Assets for $1M

American Water's (AWK) unit, Pennsylvania American Water, is set to acquire sewer assets for $1 million and invest $1.3 million to improve the infrastructure of the acquired assets.