At the time of writing, Essential Utilities Inc [WTRG] stock is trading at $38.33, up 0.39%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WTRG shares have gain 4.36% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.21%, 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 January 28, 2025, when Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $41 for it. Previously, Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Equal Weight on January 07, 2025, and dropped its price target to $39. On November 07, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold and revised its price target to $41 on the stock. Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $44 on October 07, 2024. Edward Jones upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on November 03, 2023. In a note dated September 28, 2023, Northcoast upgraded an Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $42.
For the past year, the stock price of Essential Utilities Inc fluctuated between $33.18 and $41.78. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $44.6 within the next 12 months. Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE: WTRG] shares were valued at $38.33 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 16.36% based on the average WTRG price forecast.
Analyzing the WTRG fundamentals
According to Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE:WTRG], the company’s sales were 2.34B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 18.53% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.46% 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 0.05, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.07.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Essential Utilities Inc [NYSE:WTRG] has a current ratio of 0.73. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.58. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.60, the price to book ratio is 1.60 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.40.
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.
