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Essential Utilities Inc.

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Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contracts with municipal authorities and other parties. The company also provides non-utility raw water supply services for firms in the natural gas drilling industry; and water and sewer line protection solutions, and repair services to households through a third-party. It serves approximately 5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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  • What does Essential Utilities Inc. do?
    Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contracts with municipal authorities and other parties. The company also provides non-utility raw water supply services for firms in the natural gas drilling industry; and water and sewer line protection solutions, and repair services to households through a third-party. It serves approximately 5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water...
  • Where does WTRG stock trade?
    Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) is listed on NYSE.
  • What sector and industry is WTRG in?
    Essential Utilities Inc. operates in the Utilities sector, Water Supply industry.
  • What are analysts saying about WTRG?
    Essential Utilities Inc. has had 8 recent analyst actions on file. The most recent action was from UBS: Buy with a $4300.00 price target on 2026-05-29. Recent price targets range from $3800.00 to $4400.00.
  • What companies are similar to WTRG?
    Notable peers in the same industry include AWK (American Water Works Company Inc.), SBS (Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp), AWR (American States Water Company), CWT (California Water Service Group), HTO (H2O America). Compare WTRG side-by-side with any of them on Quantisnow.
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