Back to top
more

Essential Utilities (WTRG)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$40.43 USD

40.43
1,601,735

+0.43 (1.08%)

Updated Jul 12, 2024 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $40.44 +0.01 (0.02%) 7:58 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 Buy24.15%
2Buy17.88%
3Hold9.47%
4Sell5.14%
5Strong Sell2.57%
S&P50011.11%

Zacks Rank Education - Learn about the Zacks Rank

Zacks Rank Home - Zacks Rank resources in one place

Zacks Premium - The only way to fully access the Zacks Rank

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.

Zacks Style Scores Education - Learn more about the Zacks Style Scores

D Value C 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%.

Zacks Rank Education -- Learn more about the Zacks Rank
Zacks Industry Rank Education -- Learn more about the Zacks Industry Rank

Top 28% (70 out of 250)

Industry: Utility - Water Supply

Better trading starts here.

Zacks News

California Water (CWT) Files for Rate Hike, Plans to Invest $1.6B

California Water Service (CWT) unit Cal Water, files for a rate hike. The unit plans to invest $1.6 billion in infrastructure during the 2025-2027 period.

American Water (AWK) Unit to Invest $8.5M in a Water Project

American Water's (AWK) unit, New Jersey American Water, continues to upgrade the company's water infrastructure to maintain high-quality services for its customers.

Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights Essential Utilities, Primo Water, California Water Service and American States Water

Essential Utilities, Primo Water, California Water Service and American States Water have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.

Jewel Saha headshot

4 Stocks to Watch From the Prospering Water Supply Industry

Water Supply companies like WTRG, PRMW, CWT and AWR are poised to benefit from stable demand for water and wastewater services across the United States. Their systematic investments should enable them to serve customers efficiently.

Reasons to Add Essential Utilities (WTRG) to Your Portfolio Now

Essential Utilities (WTRG) makes a strong case for investment, given its expected earnings and sales growth prospects, rising demand for water and continuous investments to improve infrastructure.

American Water (AWK) Arm Files for Rate Hike After Two Years

American Water's (AWK) unit Missouri American Water files for a rate hike, which will allow to recoup investment made to upgrade its water and wastewater infrastructure.

American Water's (AWK) New Jersey Arm Buys Assets of Salem City

American Water (AWK) continues to expand its operations through the acquisition of water and wastewater systems of the City of Salem.

Primo Water (PRMW) to Merge With BlueTriton via Stock Deal

Primo Water (PRMW) plans to merge with a unit of BlueTriton Brands in an all-stock deal, which is likely to generate a synergy of $200 million.

Middlesex Water (MSEX) to Invest $9.7M in Water Infrastructure

Middlesex Water (MSEX) continues with its initiatives to enhance its infrastructure and provide high-quality services to customers.

California Water (CWT) Acquires Kings Mountain's Water System

California Water (CWT) continues to expand its operations through the purchase of Kings Mountain Park Mutual Water Company's water system assets.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Arm Files for Annual Rate Hike

Essential Utilities' (WTRG) unit Aqua files for rate hike, which will allow it to recoup investment made to upgrade its water and wastewater infrastructure.

American Water (AWK) Unit to Invest $8.4M in Three Projects

American Water's (AWK) unit, New Jersey American Water, continues to invest in upgrading its infrastructure and maintaining high-quality services for its customers.

American Water's (AWK) Unit to Invest $28.3M in Water Storage

American Water's (AWK) unit, Pennsylvania American Water, continues to strengthen its infrastructure through regular investments.

American States Water (AWR) Q1 Earnings & Sales Beat Estimates

American States Water (AWR) reports better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. The company starts to provide water and wastewater services in two military bases.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Q1 Earnings and Sales Lag Estimates

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reports lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings. The company continues to invest in upgrading its infrastructure to serve its customers efficiently.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Misses Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Essential Utilities (WTRG) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -3.95% and 18.11%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2024. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

American Water (AWK) Q1 Earnings Lag, Revenues Beat Estimates

American Water Works' (AWK) first-quarter earnings miss estimates. The company continues to make systematic investments to strengthen its infrastructure and expand its operation through acquisitions.

Should You Buy American Water (AWK) Ahead of Q1 Earnings?

American Water's (AWK) first-quarter earnings is expected to have benefited from contribution from acquired assets, new rates hikes and high demand from its expanding customer base.

California Water (CWT) Q1 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates

California Water's (CWT) first-quarter 2024 earnings and revenues increase year over year due to the 2021 General Rate Case decision.

American Water (AWK) Unit Invests $3.3M in System Upgrade

American Water's (AWK) arm California American Water continues to proactively invest in infrastructure upgrades to provide high-quality services to customers.

American Water's (AWK) Unit to Invest $2.5M in System Upgrade

American Water's (AWK) unit Pennsylvania American Water continues to strengthen its infrastructure through regular investment in repair, maintenance and installation of new mains.

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

American Water's (AWK) arm Pennsylvania American Water continues to invest in upgrade and maintenance of its infrastructure to provide reliable services to its customers.

Consolidated Water (CWCO) Full-Year 2023 Earnings Beat Estimates

Consolidated Water's (CWCO) full-year 2023 earnings and revenues increase year over year. General and administrative expenses have also increased during the same period.

American Water (AWK) Buys Granite City's Wastewater Treatment Plant

American Water's (AWK) unit, Illinois American Water, acquires the wastewater treatment plant of Granite City for $86. The company is likely to invest $40 million to upgrade the acquired assets.

American Water (AWK) Arm to Buy Manville Wastewater Assets

American Water's (AWK) unit, New Jersey American Water, signs an agreement to acquire Manville sewer assets. It will also invest $10 million to upgrade the sewer infrastructure after the deal closure.