At the time of writing, Essential Utilities Inc [WTRG] stock is trading at $39.94, up 0.68%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The WTRG shares have gain 1.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.18%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE: WTRG] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 02, 2025, when Barclays initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $42. Previously, Jefferies upgraded its rating to Buy on January 28, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $41. On January 07, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal Weight and revised its price target to $39 on the stock. Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Hold and decreased its price target to $41 on November 07, 2024. Jefferies initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $44 as its price target on October 07, 2024. In a note dated November 03, 2023, Edward Jones upgraded a Buy rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Essential Utilities Inc fluctuated between $33.18 and $42.37. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $44.5 within the next 12 months. Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE: WTRG] shares were valued at $39.94 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 11.42% based on the average WTRG price forecast.
Analyzing the WTRG fundamentals
According to Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE:WTRG], the company’s sales were 2.38B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 9.58% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.59% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.39%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.26%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.28%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.16.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 39.60 points at the first support level, and at 39.26 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 40.25, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 40.56.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE:WTRG] has a current ratio of 0.60. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.43 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.75, the price to book ratio is 1.66 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.57.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Franklin Chris, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Mar 14 ’25 when 7700.0 shares were sold. Chief Executive Officer, Chris Franklin completed a deal on Mar 14 ’25 to buy 7700.0 shares.
