Essential Utilities Inc (NYSE: WTRG) kicked off on Friday, up 0.31% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $38.41. Over the past 52 weeks, WTRG has traded in a range of $33.18-$41.78.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Utilities sector was 18.58%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 6.49%. With a float of $279.57 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $280.34 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 3291 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 59.24%, operating margin of 38.35%, and the pretax margin is 25.76%.
Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Utilities – Regulated Water Industry. The insider ownership of Essential Utilities Inc is 0.27%, while institutional ownership is 81.37%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 14 ’25, was worth 303,380. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company sold 7,700 shares at a rate of $39.40, taking the stock ownership to the 32,229 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 14 ’25, when Company’s Chief Executive Officer proposed sale 7,700 for $39.40, making the entire transaction worth $303,380.
Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.49% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.60% during the next five years compared to 15.84% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Essential Utilities Inc (NYSE: WTRG) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Essential Utilities Inc’s (WTRG) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.57. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.78.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.23, a number that is poised to hit 0.29 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.23 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.64 million, its volume of 1.96 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 39.88%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.83.
During the past 100 days, Essential Utilities Inc’s (WTRG) raw stochastic average was set at 63.16%, which indicates a significant increase from 44.53% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 31.84% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 26.23% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $39.42, while its 200-day Moving Average is $38.37. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $38.75 in the near term. At $38.97, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $39.22. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $38.27, it is likely to go to the next support level at $38.02. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $37.80.
Essential Utilities Inc (NYSE: WTRG) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 10.80 billion has total of 280,338K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 2,086 M in contrast with the sum of 595,310 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 783,630 K and last quarter income was 283,790 K.
