Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG)

38.43000 USD

0.48

1.26%

Last update Dec 15, 3:59 PM EST

Pre-market

Day range

38.43000

38.0099983

38.76000

Previous close

37.95000

Open

38.25

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Essential Utilities Inc.

38.43

0.48

1.26%

Analysis

Earnings estimate	Current quarter (Dec 2025)	Next quarter (Mar 2026)	Current year (Dec 2025)	Next year (Dec 2026)
Number of analysts	5	3	7	8
Average estimate	0.41	1	2.12	2.23
Low estimate	0.36	0.91	2.09	2.22
High estimate	0.44	1.05	2.18	2.25
Last year EPS	0.47	1.03	1.97	2.12

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Revenue estimate	Current quarter (Dec 2025)	Next quarter (Mar 2026)	Current year (Dec 2025)	Next year (Dec 2026)
Number of Analysts	2	1	2	4
Avg. estimate	593.30M	751M	2.37B	2.44B
Low estimate	575M	751M	2.36B	2.39B
High estimate	611.60M	751M	2.39B	2.49B
Last year sales	604.38M	783.63M	2.09B	2.37B
Sales growth	-0.02	-0.04	0.14	0.03

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EPS trend	Current quarter (Dec 2025)	Next quarter (Mar 2026)	Current year (Dec 2025)	Next year (Dec 2026)
Current estimate	0.41	1	2.12	2.23
7 days ago	0.44	1	2.13	2.23
30 days ago	0.49	1.00	2.12	2.23
60 days ago	0.51	0.98	2.12	2.23
90 days ago	0.52	1.00	2.12	2.23

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EPS revisions	Current quarter (Dec 2025)	Next quarter (Mar 2026)	Current year (Dec 2025)	Next year (Dec 2026)
Up last 7 days	0	1	0	1
Up last 30 days	0	0	5	1
Down last 7 days	0	0	0	0
Down last 30 days	1	0	0	0

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Growth estimates
Current qtr (Dec 2025)	-0.125%
Next qtr. (Mar 2026)	-0.029%
Current year (2025)	0.078%
Next 5 years (per annum)	0.059%
Past 5 years (per annum)	0.075%

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Recommendation

Hold

55.6%

Neutral

22.2%

Buy

22.2%

Strong buy

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Analyst ratings

Firm	Date	Action
UBS	Oct 28, 2025	Downgrade
Jefferies	Oct 28, 2025	Downgrade
Janney Montgomery Scott	Oct 27, 2025	Downgrade
Jefferies	Oct 10, 2025	Maintains
Barclays	Oct 10, 2025	Maintains
Barclays	Oct 02, 2025	Initiates
UBS	Aug 15, 2025	Maintains
Baird	Aug 04, 2025	Maintains
Baird	May 13, 2025	Maintains
Baird	Apr 04, 2025	Maintains
Evercore ISI Group	Mar 05, 2025	Maintains
Wells Fargo	Feb 27, 2025	Maintains
Jefferies	Jan 28, 2025	Upgrade
UBS	Jan 14, 2025	Maintains
Wells Fargo	Jan 07, 2025	Downgrade
Jefferies	Nov 07, 2024	Downgrade
Baird	Nov 06, 2024	Maintains
Wells Fargo	Nov 05, 2024	Maintains
Jefferies	Oct 07, 2024	Initiates
B of A Securities	Sep 20, 2024	Reinstates
Evercore ISI Group	Aug 08, 2024	Maintains
Baird	Aug 07, 2024	Maintains
Wells Fargo	Jul 31, 2024	Maintains
Baird	May 06, 2024	Maintains
Evercore ISI Group	Mar 04, 2024	Maintains
Edward Jones	Nov 03, 2023	Upgrade
UBS	Oct 04, 2023	Maintains
Northcoast Research	Sep 28, 2023	Upgrade
Northcoast Research	May 18, 2023	Downgrade
Wells Fargo	May 10, 2023	Maintains

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