A share price of Essential Utilities Inc [WTRG] is currently trading at $40.71, up 0.59%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The WTRG shares have gain 3.38% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 6.46%, and 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.
Essential Utilities Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $33.18 and $41.65. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $45 within the next 12 months. Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE: WTRG] shares were valued at $40.71 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 10.54% based on the average WTRG price forecast.
Analyzing the WTRG fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE:WTRG] were 2.34B which represents 18.53% growth. 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.16.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE:WTRG] is 0.73. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.58, and the Cash Ratio is 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.88, the price to book ratio is 1.70 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.41.
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.
